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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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
staking
n : the act of gambling; "he did it on a bet" [syn: {bet}, {wager},
{risking}, {hazarding}]
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