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waged
(encz) | waged,angažovaný adj: (v kampani, ve válce) Jiří Dadák |
waged
(encz) | waged,výdělečně činný adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Waged
(gcide) | Wage \Wage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Waged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Waging.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge,
promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a
pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge,
gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin to E. wed, G. wette a wager. See
Wed, and cf. Gage.]
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1. To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake;
to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar. --Hakluyt.
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My life I never but as a pawn
To wage against thy enemies. --Shak.
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2. To expose one's self to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger;
to venture; to hazard. "Too weak to wage an instant trial
with the king." --Shak.
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To wake and wage a danger profitless. --Shak.
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3. To engage in, as a contest, as if by previous gage or
pledge; to carry on, as a war.
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[He pondered] which of all his sons was fit
To reign and wage immortal war with wit. --Dryden.
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The two are waging war, and the one triumphs by the
destruction of the other. --I. Taylor.
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4. To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
[Obs.] "Thou . . . must wage thy works for wealth."
--Spenser.
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5. To put upon wages; to hire; to employ; to pay wages to.
[Obs.]
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Abundance of treasure which he had in store,
wherewith he might wage soldiers. --Holinshed.
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I would have them waged for their labor. --Latimer.
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6. (O. Eng. Law) To give security for the performance of.
--Burrill.
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To wage battle (O. Eng. Law), to give gage, or security,
for joining in the duellum, or combat. See {Wager of
battel}, under Wager, n. --Burrill.
To wage one's law (Law), to give security to make one's
law. See Wager of law, under Wager, n.
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unwaged
(encz) | unwaged,bez práce adj: Pinounwaged,nezaměstnaný adj: Pino |
waged
(encz) | waged,angažovaný adj: (v kampani, ve válce) Jiří Dadákwaged,výdělečně činný adj: Jaroslav Šedivý |
Swaged
(gcide) | Swage \Swage\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Swaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Swaging.] [Equiv. to suage, abbrev. fr. assuage.]
See Assuage. [Obs.]
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