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sager

sager is the comparative form of sage.

Meaning of sage

Adjective

sage (comparative sager, superlative sagest)

  1. Wise.
    • Harry the fift is crownd, vp vanitie, / Downe royall ſtate, all you ſage counſailers, hence, / And to the Engliſh Court aſſemble now / From euery region, apes of idleneſſe: […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600...
    Synonyms:
    wise
  2. (obsolete) Grave; serious; solemn.
    Synonyms:
    serious

See all 17 meanings of sage

Proper noun capitalized: Sager

Sager

  1. A surname.

Words formed from sager

Questions about sager

What does sager mean?
Sager means a surname.
What is sager the comparative form of?
Sager is the comparative form of sage.
What part of speech is sager?
Sager is a proper noun.

Words near sager in the dictionary

  1. sagenesses
  2. sagenite
  3. sagenites
  4. sagenitic
  5. sagenotuberculate
  6. sager
  7. Sagers
  8. Sagerses
  9. Sagerton
  10. sages
  11. sages on a stage

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