Gage Definition

gāj
gaged, gages, gaging
noun
gages
Something deposited or pledged to ensure that an obligation will be fulfilled; security.
Webster's New World
A pledge to appear and fight, as a glove thrown down by a knight challenging another.
Webster's New World
A challenge.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage.
American Heritage
verb
gaged, gages, gaging
To offer as a pledge; wager.
Webster's New World
To bind by a pledge.
Webster's New World

Alternative spelling of gauge. To measure.

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pronoun

A surname​.

Wiktionary
A male given name, modern transferred use of the surname.
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Other Word Forms of Gage

Noun

Singular:
gage
Plural:
gages

Origin of Gage

  • From Middle English gage, from later Old French or early Middle French gager (verb), (also guagier in Old French) gage (noun), ultimately from Frankish *waddi, from Germanic (whence English wed). Doublet of wage, from the same origin through the Old Northern French variant wage. See also mortgage.

    From Wiktionary

  • An occupational surname from Middle English gage, gauge "measure" for an assayer, or gage "pledge" for a moneylender.

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  • Named after the Gage family of England, who imported the greengage from France.

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  • After Sir William Gage (1656?–1727), English botanist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English from Old French of Germanic origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See gauge.

    From Wiktionary

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