Sage

9 definitions found

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

  Sage \Sage\, a. [Compar. {Sager}; superl. {Sagest}.] [F., fr. L.
     sapius (only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be
     wise; perhaps akin to E. sap. Cf. {Savor}, {Sapient},
     {Insipid}.]
     1. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent;
        grave; sagacious.


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              All you sage counselors, hence!       --Shak.
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     2. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted
        to the purpose.
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              Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of
              sage advice, counseled the general to retreat.
                                                    --Milton.
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     3. Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] "[Great bards] in sage and
        solemn tunes have sung." --Milton.
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     Syn: Wise; sagacious; sapient; grave; prudent; judicious.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sage \Sage\, n. [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus
     saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See
     {Safe}.] (Bot.)
     (a) A suffruticose labiate plant ({Salvia officinalis}) with
         grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc.
         The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which
         many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet
         sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
     (b) The sagebrush.
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     {Meadow sage} (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of {Salvia}
        ({Salvia pratensis}) growing in meadows in Europe.
  
     {Sage cheese}, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green
        by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which
        are added to the milk.
  
     {Sage cock} (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more
        general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse.
  
     {Sage green}, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves
        of garden sage.
  
     {Sage grouse} (Zool.), a very large American grouse
        ({Centrocercus urophasianus}), native of the dry sagebrush
        plains of Western North America. Called also {cock of the
        plains}. The male is called {sage cock}, and the female
        {sage hen}.
  
     {Sage hare}, or {Sage rabbit} (Zool.), a species of hare
        ({Lepus Nuttalli} syn. {Lepus artemisia}) which inhabits
        the arid regions of Western North America and lives among
        sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely
        a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit.
  
     {Sage hen} (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse.
  
     {Sage sparrow} (Zool.), a small sparrow ({Amphispiza Belli},
        var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the
        Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush.
  
     {Sage thrasher} (Zool.), a singing bird ({Oroscoptes
        montanus}) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western
        North America.
  
     {Sage willow} (Bot.), a species of willow ({Salix tristis})
        forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green
        leaves.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sage \Sage\, n.
     A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man
     venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a
     grave philosopher.
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           At his birth a star,
           Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come,
           And guides the Eastern sages.            --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sage
       adj 1: having wisdom that comes with age and experience
       2: of the gray-green color of sage leaves [syn: {sage-green}]
       n 1: a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is
            renowned for profound wisdom
       2: aromatic fresh or dried gray-green leaves used widely as
          seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
       3: any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan
          herb [syn: {salvia}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  80 Moby Thesaurus words for "sage":
     Nestor, Solomon, ace, acute, authority, broad-minded, crackerjack,
     deep, discerning, doctor, doyen, doyenne, elder, elder statesman,
     expert, first-rater, genius, gnostic, good hand, great, great soul,
     guru, illuminate, insightful, intellect, intellectual, intelligent,
     judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, logical,
     lover of wisdom, magician, mahatma, man of genius,
     man of intellect, man of wisdom, mandarin, master, master hand,
     mastermind, mentor, oracle, past master, penetrating, perceptive,
     perspicacious, philosopher, philosophic, practiced hand, probing,
     prodigy, profound, prudent, pundit, rabbi, reasonable, rishi,
     sagacious, sane, sapient, savant, scholar, seer, sensible,
     skilled hand, sophic, star, starets, superstar, thinker,
     topnotcher, virtuoso, whiz, wise, wise as Solomon, wise man,
     wise old man, wizard
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAGE
       Semi-Automatic Ground Environment system (OS, IBM AN/FSQ7, mil.)
       
       

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  SAGE
       Software Aided Group Environment (GSS, NUS)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SAGE
       
          1.  {Systems Administrators Guild}.
       
          2.  {Semi-Automatic Ground Environment}.
       
          (2001-01-27)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Sage, AR
    Zip code(s): 72573