gage 1  (g āj)
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n.1. Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge. 2. Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight. 3. A challenge. tr.v. gaged, gag·ing, gag·es Archaic 1. To pledge as security. 2. To offer as a stake in a bet; wager.
[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.] |
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gage 2  (g āj)
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n. Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage.
[After Sir William Gage (1656?-1727), English botanist.] |
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gage 3  (g āj)
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Gage  (g āj), Thomas 1721?-1787.
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British general and colonial administrator. As governor of Massachusetts (1774-1775) his attempts to suppress colonial resistance led to the start of the American Revolution. |
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