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1  [peyj] noun, verb, paged, pag⋅ing.
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–noun
1. one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
2. the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing: He tore out one of the pages.
3. a single sheet of paper for writing.
4. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period: a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
5. Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.
6. Computers.
a. a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.
b. a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.
c. (in word processing) a portion of a document.
d. Web page.
–verb (used with object)
7. to paginate.
8. to turn pages (usu. fol. by through): to page through a book looking for a specific passage.
Origin:
1580–90; < MF < L pāgina column of writing, akin to pangere to fix, make fast
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2  [peyj] noun, verb, paged, pag⋅ing.
–noun
1. a boy servant or attendant.
2. a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
3. an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.
4. a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.
–verb (used with object)
5. to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly: He had his father paged in the hotel lobby.
6. to summon or alert by electronic pager.
7. to control (an electrical appliance, machine, etc.) remotely by means of an electronic signal.
8. to attend as a page.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME (n.) < OF < ?
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page 1   (pāj)   
n.  

    1. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.

    2. The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.

    3. The type set for printing one side of a leaf.

  2. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.

  3. Computer Science A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.

  4. Computer Science A webpage.

  5. pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.

v.   paged, pag·ing, pag·es

v.   tr.
To number the pages of; paginate.
v.   intr.
To turn pages: page through a magazine.

[French, alteration of Old French pagine, from Latin pāgina; see pag- in Indo-European roots.]
page'ful' n.
page 2   (pāj)   
n.  

  1. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.

  2. A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.

  3. One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, club, or the U.S. Congress or another legislature.

  4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.

tr.v.   paged, pag·ing, pag·es

  1. To summon or call (a person) by name.

  2. To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.

  3. To attend as a page.


[Middle English, from Old French, possibly from Italian paggio, perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion, diminutive of pais, paid-, child; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

page  (1)
"sheet of paper," 1589 (earlier pagne, 12c., directly from O.Fr.), from M.Fr. page, from O.Fr. pagine, from L. pagina "page, strip of papyrus fastened to others," related to pagella "small page," from pangere "to fasten," from PIE base *pag- "to fix" (see pact). Usually said to be from the notion of individual sheets of paper "fastened" into a book. Ayto offers an alternate theory: vines fastened by stakes and formed into a trellis, which led to sense of "columns of writing on a scroll." When books replaced scrolls, the word continued to be used. Page-turner "book that one can't put down" is from 1974.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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