Definitions for GAGE
geɪdʒgage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pot, grass, green goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke, skunk, locoweed, Mary Janenoun

   street names for marijuana

2. gauge, gageverb

   a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.

3. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, puntverb

   place a bet on

   "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gagenoun

   Something, such as a glove or other pledge thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).

2. gagenoun

   Used especially as a technical term of measuring devices and standard measures.

3. gagenoun

   A form of jewelry which creates a hole of variable size in the earlobe, popular especially among some young people in the West, perhaps on analogy with similar devices found in various non-Western indigenous cultures.

4. gagenoun

   A short form of greengage.

5. gagenoun

   Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.

6. gageverb

   To measure.

7. gageverb

   To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn

8. gageverb

   To wager, to bet.

9. Gagenoun

   A surname.

10. Gagenoun

    A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

11. Gagenoun

    A female given name.

12. Gagenoun

    A ghost town in New Mexico.

13. Gagenoun

    A town in Oklahoma.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gagenoun

   A pledge; a pawn; a caution; any thing given in security.

   Etymology: gage, French.

   Who, when the shamed shield of slain Sansfoy
   He spy’d, with that same fairy champion’s page,
   He to him leapt; and that same envious gage,
   Of victor’s glory, from him snatcht away. Fairy Queen.

   There I throw my gage
   Disclaiming here the kindred of a king,
   And lay aside my high blood’s royalty. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   There is my gage, the manual seal of death,
   That marks thee out for hell. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   They from their mothers breasts poor orphans rend,
   Nor without gages to the needy lend. George Sandys, Paraphrase.

   I am made the cautionary pledge,
   The gage and hostage of your keeping it. Thomas Southerne, Oroonok.

   But since it was decreed, auspicious king,
   In Britain’s right that thou should’st wed the main,
   Heav’n, as a gage, would cast some previous thing,
   And therefore doom’d that Lawson should be slain. Dryden.

   In any truth, that gets not possession of our minds by self-evidence or demonstration, the arguments, that gain it assent, are the vouchers and gage of its probability. John Locke.

2. To Gageverb

   Etymology: gager, French.

   1. To wager; to depone as a wager; to impawn; to give as a caution, pledge, or security.

   Against the which, a moiety competent
   Was gaged by our king. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Drawing near the shore, he found the Turkish merchants making merry upon the main: unto these merchants he gave due salutations, gaging his faith for their safety, and they likewise to him. Richard Knolles, History of the Turks.

   2. To measure; to take the contents of any vessel of liquids particularly. More properly gauge. See GAUGE.

   We shall see your bearing.
   —— Nay, but I bar to-night: you shall not gage me
   By what we do to-night. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gage

   A gage, also spelled gauge, is an instrument or device used to measure or test something, such as thickness, distance, pressure, or temperature. It can also refer to a standard or scale of measurement. Additionally, in a more archaic sense, gage was used to mean a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith, such as in a challenge or bet.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gagenoun

   a pledge or pawn; something laid down or given as a security for the performance of some act by the person depositing it, and forfeited by nonperformance; security

2. Gagenoun

   a glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance

3. Gagenoun

   a variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage

4. Gagenoun

   to give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge

5. Gagenoun

   to bind by pledge, or security; to engage

6. Gagenoun

   a measure or standard. See Gauge, n

7. Gageverb

   to measure. See Gauge, v. t

8. Etymology: [So called because an English family named Gage imported the greengage from France, in the last century.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gage

   Gage is a town in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 442 at the 2010 census. February, 2012, Gage had its first large business to open shop in many years. MAALT TRANSPORT, a rapidly expanding oil & gas service company based in Fort Worth, Texas. Oil & Gas field truck operation, including sand hauling. Currently operating 45 trucks and have built a large yard/operation on the east side of Gage, next to the Gage Cemetery and Highway 15. Gage is home of Oklahoma’s “largest outdoor swimming pool.” Adjacent to the pool, is a clear, spring-fed lake that’s about the size of five football fields. See Gage Artesian Beach Below

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gage

   gāj, n. a pledge: something thrown down as a challenge, as a glove.—v.t. to bind by pledge or security: offer as a guarantee: to stake, wager. [O. Fr. guage, from Teut. See Wed.]

2. Gage

   See Gauge.

3. Gage

   gāj, n. name applied to several varieties of plum. [See Greengage.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gage

   The quantity of water a ship draws, or the depth she is immersed.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gage

   A challenge to combat; that is, a gauntlet, glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground by the challenger, and taken up by the acceptor of the challenge.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GAGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gage is ranked #2187 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gage surname appeared 16,614 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 6 would have the surname Gage.
   
   81.9% or 13,614 total occurrences were White.
   12% or 1,995 total occurrences were Black.
   2.7% or 454 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 326 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 130 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 96 total occurrences were Asian.

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How to pronounce GAGE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of GAGE in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of GAGE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=GAGE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=GAGE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/GAGE
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=GAGE
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=GAGE
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=GAGE
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html