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gage (gāj)

noun

  1. something deposited or pledged to ensure that an obligation will be fulfilled; security
  2. a pledge to appear and fight, as a glove thrown down by a knight challenging another
  3. a challenge

Etymology: ME < OFr, a pledge, pawn < (? via ML wagium) Frank *waddi or Goth wadi, pledge < IE base *wadh-: see wed

transitive verb gaged, gaging gag′·ing

  1. to offer as a pledge; wager
  2. to bind by a pledge
gage2 definition

gage (gāj)

noun, transitive verb gaged, gaging gag′·ing

gauge
gage3 definition

gage (gāj)

noun

greengage
Gage definition

Gage (gāj)

Gage, Thomas 1721-87; Brit. general in the American Revolution

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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