STAKE

Definitions

1. 1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake vines or plants.
2. 2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake out land; to stake out a new road.
3. 3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a future contingency; to wager; to pledge. I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays. Pope.
4. 4. To pierce or wound with a stake. Spectator.