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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Misremember :: Misremember (v. t. & i.) To mistake in remembering; not to remember correctly.
Ante :: Ante (n.) Each player's stake, which is put into the pool before (ante) the game begins..
Rectify :: Rectify (v. t.) To make or set right; to correct from a wrong, erroneous, or false state; to amend; as, to rectify errors, mistakes, or abuses; to rectify the will, the judgment, opinions; to rectify disorders..
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..
Erroneous :: Erroneous (a.) Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc..
Misobserve :: Misobserve (v. t.) To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing.
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager..
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) That which is staked or ventured; that for which one incurs risk or danger; prize; gage.
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..
Impone :: Impone (v. t.) To stake; to wager; to pledge.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie..
Misinterpretation :: Misinterpretation (n.) The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.
Mistaken :: Mistaken (p.a.) Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken..
Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.
Misunderstanding :: Misunderstanding (n.) Mistake of the meaning; error; misconception.
All :: All (n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount; the entire thing; everything included or concerned; the aggregate; the whole; totality; everything or every person; as, our all is at stake..
Teest :: Teest (n.) A tinsmith's stake, or small anvil..
Mistakenness :: Mistakenness (n.) Erroneousness.
Mischarge :: Mischarge (n.) A mistake in charging.
Croupier :: Croupier (n.) One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
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