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gage

1

[ geyj ]

noun

  1. something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
  2. Archaic. a challenge.
  3. Archaic. a pledge or pawn; security.


verb (used with object)

, gaged, gag·ing.
  1. Archaic. to pledge, stake, or wager.

gage

2

[ geyj ]

noun

, gaged, gag·ing.
  1. (chiefly in technical use) gauge.

gage

3

[ geyj ]

noun

Gage

4

[ geyj ]

noun

  1. Thomas, 1721–87, British general in America 1763–76.

gage

1

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling (esp in technical senses) of gauge


Gage

2

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

  1. GageThomas17211787MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: colonial administrator Thomas. 1721–87, British general and governor in America; commander in chief of British forces at Bunker Hill (1775)

gage

3

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

  1. old-fashioned.
    marijuana

gage

4

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

  1. something deposited as security against the fulfilment of an obligation; pledge
  2. (formerly) a glove or other object thrown down to indicate a challenge to combat

verb

  1. archaic.
    tr to stake, pledge, or wager

gage

5

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

  1. short for greengage

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Other Words From

  • gager noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gage1

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Old French g(u)age, from Germanic; compare Gothic wadi “a pledge”; wage

Origin of gage2

First recorded in 1840–50; by shortening

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gage1

C20: of uncertain origin; compare ganja

Origin of gage2

C14: from Old French gage, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic wadi pledge

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Example Sentences

Another, founded by Katie Packer Gage herself, WWP Strategies, pulled in $5.5 million that election.

That means six years, at least, of 30-hour gym days and, at Gage, $600-a-month training costs.

But Grimes estimates that there are roughly 20 girls at Gage training at elite levels, and writing those accompanying checks.

Pre-Travolta, she was also married for two years to actor Kevin Gage, who was in her 1986 movie SpaceCamp.

At the time, the LAPD appealed for help after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the area of Hoover and Gage avenues.

Ce gage d'amitié plus qu'un autre me touche: Un serrement de main vaut dix serments de bouche.

I fancied that, had he dared, he would have leaped into the room and taken his own part—and who could rightly gage what that was?

Governor Hutchinson was superseded by General Gage, who was sent out with four regiments.

People were by no means distressed, for they believed that Gage would soon take his revenge.

It should therefore have been Gage's first care to shut the insurgents out from those positions.

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