Sage: Definition and part of speech

Sage

  1. n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher.
  2. n. A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage.
  3. n. The sagebrush.
  4. superl. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious.
  5. superl. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose.
  6. superl. Grave; serious; solemn.
  7. The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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