Gaging

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gage \Gage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaged} (g[=a]jd); p. pr & vb.
     n. {Gaging} (g[=a]"j[i^]ng).] [Cf. F. gager. See {Gage}, n.,
     a pledge.]
     1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act;
        to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.]
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              A moiety competent
              Was gaged by our king.                --Shak.
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     2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
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              Great debts
              Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal,
              Hath left me gaged.                   --Shak.
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