gage
1something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
Archaic. a challenge.
Archaic. a pledge or pawn; security.
Archaic. to pledge, stake, or wager.
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Thomas, 1721–87, British general in America 1763–76.
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gage was also interested in genetic diversity, but he was best known for pushing against another piece of scientific dogma.
The quest to learn if our brain’s mutations affect mental health | Roxanne Khamsi | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology Reviewgage and his colleagues showed that these could also cause mosaics to emerge.
The quest to learn if our brain’s mutations affect mental health | Roxanne Khamsi | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewPeople had long assumed that adults never made new neurons, but gage had led a group that published a paper in the late 1990s detailing evidence of newly born cells in a brain region called the hippocampus.
The quest to learn if our brain’s mutations affect mental health | Roxanne Khamsi | August 25, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewSee the radar estimates below and also the highest gage measurements we have received thus far.
Tropical Storm Elsa drenching New England after deluging Mid-Atlantic | Matthew Cappucci | July 9, 2021 | Washington PostNow Uber is dealing with a labor shortage and is hoping to bring drivers like gage back.
Another, founded by Katie Packer gage herself, WWP Strategies, pulled in $5.5 million that election.
Speed Read: Kenneth Vogel’s ‘Big Money’ Shows How PACs Control Politics | William O’Connor | June 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat means six years, at least, of 30-hour gym days and, at gage, $600-a-month training costs.
Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte: Why Families of America’s Olympics Athletes Are Broke | Kevin Fallon | August 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Grimes estimates that there are roughly 20 girls at gage training at elite levels, and writing those accompanying checks.
Gabby Douglas, Ryan Lochte: Why Families of America’s Olympics Athletes Are Broke | Kevin Fallon | August 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTPre-Travolta, she was also married for two years to actor Kevin gage, who was in her 1986 movie SpaceCamp.
Kelly Preston and John Travolta: Scientology’s Other Celebrity Wife | Tricia Romano | July 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the time, the LAPD appealed for help after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the area of Hoover and gage avenues.
Hunt for L.A.’s ‘Teardrop Rapist’ May Hinge on Familial DNA Testing | Christine Pelisek | June 30, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCe gage d'amitié plus qu'un autre me touche: Un serrement de main vaut dix serments de bouche.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellI 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?
The Mayor's Wife | Anna Katherine GreenGovernor Hutchinson was superseded by General gage, who was sent out with four regiments.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonPeople were by no means distressed, for they believed that gage would soon take his revenge.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntIt should therefore have been gage's first care to shut the insurgents out from those positions.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William Hunt
British Dictionary definitions for gage (1 of 5)
/ (ɡeɪdʒ) /
something deposited as security against the fulfilment of an obligation; pledge
(formerly) a glove or other object thrown down to indicate a challenge to combat
(tr) archaic to stake, pledge, or wager
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/ (ɡeɪdʒ) /
short for greengage
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/ (ɡeɪdʒ) /
US old-fashioned, slang marijuana
Origin of gage
3British Dictionary definitions for gage (4 of 5)
/ (ɡeɪdʒ) /
US a variant spelling (esp in technical senses) of gauge
British Dictionary definitions for Gage (5 of 5)
/ (ɡeɪdʒ) /
Thomas. 1721–87, British general and governor in America; commander in chief of British forces at Bunker Hill (1775)
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