Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gaged"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged}; p. pr & vb. n.
{Gaging}.] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n., a pledge.]
1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act;
to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]

A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. --Shak.

2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.

Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged. --Shak.


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