Main Entry: ²wage

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): waged; wag·ing

Etymology: Middle English, to offer surety, put up as a stake, hire, from Anglo-French *wager, gager, from wage

Date: 14th century

transitive verb : to engage in or carry on <wage war> <wage a campaign>intransitive verb : to be in process of occurring <the riot waged for several hours — American Guide Series: Maryland>