Main Entry: ²stage

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): staged; stag·ing

Date: 1879

1 : to produce (as a play) on a stage
2 : to produce or cause to happen for public view or public effect <stage a track meet> <stage a hunger strike>
3 : to determine the phase or severity of (a disease) based on a classification of established symptomatic criteria; also : to evaluate (a patient) to determine the phase, severity, or progression of a disease

— stage·able \ˈstā-jə-bəl\ adjective