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Wage
WAGE, v.t.
1. To lay; to bet; to throw down as a pledge; to stake; to put at hazard on the event of a contest. Thisis the common popular sense of the word in New England; as, to wage a dollar; to wage a horse.
2. To venture; to hazard.
To wake and wage a danger profitless.
3. To make; to begin; to carry on; that is, to go forward or advance to attack, as in invasion or aggression; used in the phrase, to wage war. he waged war with all his enemies.
He ponderd which of all his sons was fit
To reign, and wage immortal war with wit.
4. To set to hire.
Thou must wage Thy works for wealth. [Not in use.]
5. To take to hire; to hire for pay; to employ for wages; as eaged soldiers. He was well waged and rewarded.
To wage oness law, to give security to make ones law. The defendent is then to swear that he owes nothing to the plaintiff, and eleven neighbors, called compurgators, are to avow upon their oaths, that they believe in their consciences he has declared the truth. This is called wager of law.
wage appears in definitions for these words:
Allow Appointment Arrear Bate Battel Belligerent Bet Bettor Beverage Black-bird Board-wages Bondmaid Bondman Claim Compurgation Conductitious Consideration Deceive Defraud Deliberate Depone Deserve Detain Done Double-tongued Draw Earning Easy Entitle Excessive Gag Game Guile Half-pay Hand Have Hire Hireling Hirer Hold Law Lay Laying Low Mercenary Merit Offer Ousel Pay Pay-day Paymaster Pedestrian Perquisite Plenty Policy Pygmy Remember Revie Salary Set Shall Stake Staked Staking Stipend Stipendiary Strike Subsistence Toss Unsatisfied Wage Wager Wagerer Wagering Wages War
Allow Appointment Arrear Bate Battel Belligerent Bet Bettor Beverage Black-bird Board-wages Bondmaid Bondman Claim Compurgation Conductitious Consideration Deceive Defraud Deliberate Depone Deserve Detain Done Double-tongued Draw Earning Easy Entitle Excessive Gag Game Guile Half-pay Hand Have Hire Hireling Hirer Hold Law Lay Laying Low Mercenary Merit Offer Ousel Pay Pay-day Paymaster Pedestrian Perquisite Plenty Policy Pygmy Remember Revie Salary Set Shall Stake Staked Staking Stipend Stipendiary Strike Subsistence Toss Unsatisfied Wage Wager Wagerer Wagering Wages War
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