Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned; hence, martyrdom by fire..

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Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake..
Out :: Out (a.) Beyond the bounds of what is true, reasonable, correct, proper, common, etc.; in error or mistake; in a wrong or incorrect position or opinion; in a state of disagreement, opposition, etc.; in an inharmonious relation..
Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes..
Mistake :: Mistake (v. t.) To substitute in thought or perception; as, to mistake one person for another..
Paxillose :: Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.
Edder :: Edder (n.) Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together..
Jeofail :: "Jeofail (n.) An oversight in pleading, or the acknowledgment of a mistake or oversight..
Teest :: Teest (n.) A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil..
Stang :: Stang (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake.
Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager..
Pale :: Pale (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket..
Egregious :: Egregious (a.) Surpassing; extraordinary; distinguished (in a bad sense); -- formerly used with words importing a good quality, but now joined with words having a bad sense; as, an egregious rascal; an egregious ass; an egregious mistake..
Detect :: Detect (v. t.) To uncover; to discover; to find out; to bring to light; as, to detect a crime or a criminal; to detect a mistake in an account..
Hallucination :: Hallucination (n.) The act of hallucinating; a wandering of the mind; error; mistake; a blunder.
Self-deceived :: Self-deceived (a.) Deceived or misled respecting one's self by one's own mistake or error.
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..
Misunderstand :: Misunderstand (v. t.) To misconceive; to mistake; to miscomprehend; to take in a wrong sense.
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