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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.]
1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
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God loved he best with all his whole hearte
At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.
--Chaucer.
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2. To play at any sport or diversion.
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3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged
upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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