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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: D'egag'e \D['e]`ga`g['e]"\, a. [F., p. p. of d['e]gager to disengage. See {De-}, lst Gage, and cf {Disgage}.] Unconstrained; easy; free --Vanbrugh. A graceful and d['e]gag['e] manner. --Poe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: degage adj 1: free and relaxed in manner; "rather degage after the nervousness he had shown at dinner"- Edmund Wilson 2: showing lack of emotional involvement; "adopted a degage pose on the arm of the easy chair"- J.S.Perelman; "she may be detached or even unfeeling but at least she's not hypocritically effusive"; "an uninvolved bystander" [syn: {detached}, {uninvolved}]
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