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Plural for something deposited or pledged as a guarantee of the fulfillment of an undertaking or loan
“The same process, involving distraints and blockade, may be used not only in pleas begun by writ, but also in pleas begun by gage and pledge.”
Plural for a standard by which something is judged or compared
“There is nothing to justify using the previous year's expense as the gage by which to criticize this year's costs.”
Plural for an instrument used for measurement
“The temperature gage is connected to the engine by a capillary tube equipped with a feeler bulb.”
Plural for something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat
“The gage was down for a duel that would split the Democratic party and ensure the election of a Republican president in 1860.”
Plural for a drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect
Plural for the diameter of a round or cylindrical body
Plural for a speedometer, particularly one in a race car or other automobile
Plural for the act or process of calculating or reckoning
Plural for a device capable of sensing a specific substance or physical phenomenon
To measure or appraise the value, amount, level or quality of something
“Castor asked where he had worked before to gage his skills in doing electrical work.”
To establish by calculation
To predict, prophesy, or tell of future events
To assume tentatively on uncertain grounds
To give as security on a loan
To understand by thinking carefully about
To examine or look closely at (someone or something)
To assign or regard as belonging to a particular category
To think about or explore in detail
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