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gaugeth

gaugeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gauge.

Meaning of gauge

Verb

gauge (third-person singular simple present gauges, present participle gauging, simple past and past participle gauged)

  1. (transitive) To measure or determine with a gauge; to measure the capacity of.
  2. (transitive) To estimate.
  3. (transitive) To appraise the character or ability of; to judge of.
    • You shall not gauge me / By what we do to-night.c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
  4. (transitive, textile) To draw into equidistant gathers by running a thread through it.
  5. (transitive) To mix (a quantity of ordinary plaster) with a quantity of plaster of Paris.
  6. (transitive) To chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape.

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Origin of gaugeth

gauge + -eth

Questions about gaugeth

What is gaugeth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gaugeth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gauge.

Words near gaugeth in the dictionary

  1. gaugers
  2. gaugership
  3. gaugerships
  4. gauges
  5. gaugest
  6. gaugeth
  7. Gaughan
  8. Gaughans
  9. Gaughen
  10. gauging
  11. gaugings

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