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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stake  \Stake\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Staked};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Staking}.] 
  1.  To  fasten,  support,  or  defend  with  stakes;  as  to  stake 
  vines  or  plants. 
 
  2.  To  mark  the  limits  of  by  stakes;  --  with  out  as  to  stake 
  out  land;  to  stake  out  a  new  road. 
 
  3.  To  put  at  hazard  upon  the  issue  of  competition,  or  upon  a 
  future  contingency;  to  wager;  to  pledge. 
 
  I'll  stake  yon  lamb,  that  near  the  fountain  plays. 
  --Pope. 
 
  4.  To  pierce  or  wound  with  a  stake.  --Spectator. 




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