gager

English

Noun

gager (plural gagers)

1. A measurer.

See also

• gauger

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

From gage or from Old French guagier, itself from guage or from a derivative of Frankish *waddi, *wadja, possibly through a Vulgar Latin intermediate *wadiare from *wadium. Cf. English to wage and wager, which came from the same source via an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡaʒe/

Verb

gager

1. to guarantee
2. to wager or bet

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gage- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of gager (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gager			avoir gagé
gerund		en gageant			en ayant gagé
present participle		gageant
past participle		gagé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gage	gages	gage	gageons	gagez	gagent
	imperfect	gageais	gageais	gageait	gagions	gagiez	gageaient
	past historic1	gageai	gageas	gagea	gageâmes	gageâtes	gagèrent
	future	gagerai	gageras	gagera	gagerons	gagerez	gageront
	conditional	gagerais	gagerais	gagerait	gagerions	gageriez	gageraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	gage	gages	gage	gagions	gagiez	gagent
	imperfect1	gageasse	gageasses	gageât	gageassions	gageassiez	gageassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	gage	—	gageons	gagez	—
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