Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..

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Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie..
Misobserve :: Misobserve (v. t.) To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
Confound :: Confound (v. t.) To mistake for another; to identify falsely.
Inadvertency :: Inadvertency (n.) The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence..
Spile :: Spile (n.) A large stake driven into the ground as a support for some superstructure; a pile.
Mistakenness :: Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.
Palate :: Palate (n.) Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste.
Jeofail :: "Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight..
Hurdle :: Hurdle (n.) A movable frame of wattled twigs, osiers, or withes and stakes, or sometimes of iron, used for inclosing land, for folding sheep and cattle, for gates, etc.; also, in fortification, used as revetments, and for other purposes..
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..
Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Goatsucker :: Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk..
Inaccuracy :: Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc..
Fraise :: Fraise (n.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
Trunch :: Trunch (n.) A stake; a small post.
Accuracy :: Accuracy (n.) The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy..
Mistakenly :: Mistakenly (adv.) By mistake.
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.
Mistake :: Mistake (v. i.) To err in knowledge, perception, opinion, or judgment; to commit an unintentional error..
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