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What does the word gage mean?

Part of speech: verb transitive

To measure; estimate.

Part of speech: verb transitive

To give as a pledge; pawn; wager.

Part of speech: noun

An instrument for measuring capacity or dimensions; a standard.

Part of speech: noun

Something given or thrown down as security, as for a combat; a pledge; a challenge.

Usage examples for gage

I accept the challenge, and will keep gage until I prove myself the victor. – Pauline's Passion and Punishment by Louisa May Alcott
But he threw down his gage to the Morholt, and the Morholt took up the gage. – The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult by M. Joseph Bédier
General Gage sent a force to destroy it. – Hurricane Hurry by W.H.G. Kingston

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