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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p. pr & vb n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.] 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.] God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. --Chaucer. 2. To play at any sport or diversion. 3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gaming \Gam"ing\, n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gaming n : the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: {gambling}, {play}]
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