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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared} (g[=e]rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.]
1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
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{Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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