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Waged

/weɪdʒd/

To wager, bet.

📖 Definitions of "Waged"

verb
  1. 1

    To wager, bet.

  2. 2

    To expose oneself to, as a risk; to incur, as a danger; to venture; to hazard.

  3. 3

    To employ for wages; to hire.

  4. 4

    To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).

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broughtverb(transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere.
carriedverb(transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
committedObligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action.
conductedverb(transitive) To lead; to direct; to be in charge of (people or tasks)
delivered(in combination) That has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.
deployedverb(computing) To install, test and implement a computer system or application.
doneverb(African-American Vernacular, Southern US, Cockney, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
engagedverbHaving agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
foughtnounA surname.
gainfulProviding gain; profitable.
hadverb(auxiliary, followed by a past participle) Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
haltedverb(intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
heldverb"Held" is a song by Smog, released as his first single from his 1999 album Knock Knock.
initiatedverb(transitive) To begin; to start.
launchedverb(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
launchingnounThe act by which something is launched; a launch.
lednounUnder somebody's control or leadership.
leftnounDesignating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the side of the body on which the heart is located in most humans; the opposite of right. This arrow points to the reader's left: ←
levyingnounThe act by which something is levied.
mountedverbOn horseback.

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