Le Sage

American

[luh sazh] / lə ˈsaʒ /

Or Lesage

noun

Alain René 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.

Le Sage British

/ lə saʒ /

noun

Alain-René (alɛ̃rəne). 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist, author of the picaresque novel Gil Blas (1715–35)

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Le Sage

Le Sage, the founder of Envisage Equity, a private equity firm in Southern California, said he did not give any specific instructions to the group on how to spend his donation.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2015

California donor Jeff Le Sage pledged money to the group on Friday, but declined to say how much he was giving.

From Reuters ● Nov. 22, 2015

But Shakespeare exceeds Le Sage in measure by a whole hemisphere.

From French Classics by William Cleaver Wilkinson

The theory of Le Sage assumes that the entire universe is filled with infinitely minute particles flying in right lines in every direction with inconceivable rapidity.

From A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science by Henry Smith Williams

Neither Molière, Regnard, nor Le Sage was a member of the Academy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

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