gage
noun
something, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
gaged
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past participleof gage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
-
past tense formof gage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gagenounsomething, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat. -
a word form of
gage.
gagenounsomething, as a glove, thrown down by a medieval knight in token of challenge to combat.
Example Sentences
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Obviously, the U.S. was using as a "cover" the story that the U-2 was en gaged in weather-reconnaissance work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Years ago they established the crank school of economics ; latterly they have founded the tirade school of journalism; they are now en gaged in popularizing the ostrich school of strategy.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ex-Ambassador Bullitt pointed to one difficulty: "The state of mind here today is about what it was in France a year before they en gaged in war with Germany."
From Time Magazine Archive
His characters are en gaged in a relentless search to figure out what it is they want from a prosaic life; that too was Pavese.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile, the availability of work for persons with a background in space-related subjects can be gaged to some extent by observing the variety of personnel requirements on major space exploration projects.
From The Practical Values of Space Exploration Report of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-Sixth Congress, Second Session by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics.
