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vb. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard. To give a pledge or security for the performance of anything; as to wage or gage deliverance to wage law, etc.

To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or pledge; to carry on, as a war. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to ...