gage
To bind by pledge or securityTo bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
Meaning
3 senses(transitive)To bind (someone) by pledge or security; to engage.
(archaic, transitive)To bet or wager (something).
place a bet on
(obsolete, transitive)To deposit or give (something) as a pledge or security; to pawn.
Examples
1 sentencesHe says there is now no way they can gage the election's validity or contest the results.
Origin
From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (alsoFrom Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Proto-Germanic *wadją (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.
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Forms
gages, gaging, gaged, gagedSynonyms
5 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.