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English

Etymology
From Old (and modern) French gager#French|gager (verb), #French|gage (noun), from Frankish *waddi, from Germanic ( > English wed).

Pronunciation
IPA|/geɪʤ/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪd�|-eɪd�

Verb
en-verb|gag|ing

1. alternative spelling of|gauge To measure.
2. obsolete To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn
3. archaic To wager, to bet.

Translations
trans-top|to measure
See: gauge
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Noun
en-noun

1. Something, such as a glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat.

#:*1819, �But it is enough that I challenge the trial by combat � there lies my gage.� She took her embroidered glove from her hand, and flung it down before the Grand Master with an air of mingled simplicity and dignity � Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

1. alternative spelling of|gauge Used especially as a atechnical term of measuring devices and standard measures.
2. A short form of greengage.
3. obsolete Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

Translations
trans-top|challenge to combat
Finnish: haaste, taisteluhansikas
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trans-top|gauge
See: gauge
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trans-top|greengage
See: greengage
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French

Etymology
Old French, from Old Franconian *waddi (a Germanic legal term, cognate with Old English wedd).

Pronunciation
IPA|/ga�/

Noun
gage m

1. a pledge or security
2. a guarantee
3. proof, evidence

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