Definition of stake

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Stake (v. t.) To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge..

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Blunder :: Blunder (v. i.) To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription..
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion..
Raffle :: Raffle (v.) A game of dice in which he who threw three alike won all the stakes.
Erratum :: Erratum (n.) An error or mistake in writing or printing.
Misconfident :: Misconfident (a.) Having a mistaken confidence; wrongly trusting.
Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games..
Paxillose :: Paxillose (a.) Resembling a little stake.
Stanchion :: Stanchion (n.) A prop or support; a piece of timber in the form of a stake or post, used for a support or stay..
Missheathed :: Missheathed (a.) Sheathed by mistake; wrongly sheathed; sheathed in a wrong place.
Set :: Set (v. t.) To stake at play; to wager; to risk.
Misobedience :: Misobedience (n.) Mistaken obedience; disobedience.
Miss :: Miss (n.) Mistake; error; fault.
Sweepstakes :: Sweepstakes (sing. / pl.) The whole money or other things staked at a horse race, a given sum being put up for each horse, all of which goes to the winner, or is divided among several, as may be previously agreed..
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence or mistake.
Rectifiable :: Rectifiable (a.) Capable of being rectified; as, a rectifiable mistake..
Main :: Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.
Stakehead :: Stake-driver (n.) The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen..
Amiss :: Amiss (n.) A fault, wrong, or mistake..
Undeceive :: Undeceive (v. t.) To cause to be no longer deceived; to free from deception, fraud, fallacy, or mistake..
Game :: Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game..
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