gage

¹

[ geyj ]

noun

1. something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
2. Archaic. a challenge.
3. Archaic. a pledge or pawn; security.

verb (used with object)

, gaged, gag·ing.

1. Archaic. to pledge, stake, or wager.

gage

²

[ geyj ]

noun

, gaged, gag·ing.

1. (chiefly in technical use) gauge.

gage

³

[ geyj ]

noun

1. greengage.

Gage

⁴

[ geyj ]

noun

1. Thomas, 1721–87, British general in America 1763–76.

gage

¹

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

1. See gauge
   a variant spelling (esp in technical senses) of gauge

gage

²

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

1. old-fashioned.
   marijuana

gage

³

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

1. something deposited as security against the fulfilment of an obligation; pledge
2. (formerly) a glove or other object thrown down to indicate a challenge to combat

verb

1. archaic.
   tr to stake, pledge, or wager

Gage

⁴

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

1. GageThomas17211787MBritishMILITARY: generalPOLITICS: colonial administrator Thomas. 1721–87, British general and governor in America; commander in chief of British forces at Bunker Hill (1775)

gage

⁵

/ ɡeɪdʒ /

noun

1. See greengage
   short for greengage

Other Words From

• gager noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of gage¹

First recorded in 1450–1500; late Middle English, from Old French g(u)age, from Germanic; compare Gothic wadi “a pledge”; wage

Origin of gage²

First recorded in 1840–50; by shortening

Word History and Origins

Origin of gage¹

C20: of uncertain origin; compare ganja

Origin of gage²

C14: from Old French gage, of Germanic origin; compare Gothic wadi pledge

Example Sentences

Gage was also interested in genetic diversity, but he was best known for pushing against another piece of scientific dogma.

From MIT Technology Review

Gage and his colleagues showed that these could also cause mosaics to emerge.

From MIT Technology Review

People 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.

From MIT Technology Review

See the radar estimates below and also the highest gage measurements we have received thus far.

From Washington Post

Now Uber is dealing with a labor shortage and is hoping to bring drivers like Gage back.

From Quartz

Another, founded by Katie Packer Gage herself, WWP Strategies, pulled in $5.5 million that election.

From The Daily Beast

That means six years, at least, of 30-hour gym days and, at Gage, $600-a-month training costs.

From The Daily Beast

But Grimes estimates that there are roughly 20 girls at Gage training at elite levels, and writing those accompanying checks.

From The Daily Beast

Pre-Travolta, she was also married for two years to actor Kevin Gage, who was in her 1986 movie SpaceCamp.

From The Daily Beast

At the time, the LAPD appealed for help after a 15-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the area of Hoover and Gage avenues.

From The Daily Beast

Ce gage d'amitié plus qu'un autre me touche: Un serrement de main vaut dix serments de bouche.

From Project Gutenberg

I 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?

From Project Gutenberg

Governor Hutchinson was superseded by General Gage, who was sent out with four regiments.

From Project Gutenberg

People were by no means distressed, for they believed that Gage would soon take his revenge.

From Project Gutenberg

It should therefore have been Gage's first care to shut the insurgents out from those positions.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• agreement
• assurance
• certificate
• collateral
• contract
• deposit
• insurance
• security
• warranty