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staged, ppl. a.|steɪdʒd|
[f. stage n. and v. + -ed.]
1.
†a. That acts on or as on a stage. Obs.
1569J. Sandford tr. Agrippa's Van. Artes xxi. 32 b, [This Histrionical Rhetorike] is yet obserued of some staged Freers [à scenicis aliquot fraterculis]. 1586J. Hooker Giraldus' Hist. Irel. Pref., in Holinshed, But yet as a staged man can not alwaies dissemble and cloke himself, so this man, who [etc.].
b. Of a play: That is put upon the stage.
1904N. Howard Savonarola Scenes, The Author has..permitted himself a fuller development, both of Theme and Character, than the staged Drama would require.
2. Of a building: Having a series of floors or stories one above another.
1884W. Armstrong tr. G. Perrot & C. Chipiez' Hist. Art Chaldea & Assyria I. iv. 369 Herodotus declares plainly that it [i.e. the temple of Bel] was a staged tower. 1885Athenæum 21 Mar. 381/3 The lofty, staged towers of the Euphrates valley..must have been glorious to behold.
3. Of feathers: ? Arranged in order of length.
1828Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 208 Wings with the five first feathers staged; the sixth or seventh longest.
4. That proceeds by stages; = phased ppl. a. 2.
1960Economist 15 Oct. 255/3 A group of commissioners who disagree with these proposals favour a traditional policy of staged development. 1969Daily Tel. 16 May 1 A mutual and staged withdrawal of all foreign troops from South Vietnam. 1973Ibid. 13 Dec. 2/8 New wage rates which would be introduced, with staged pay rises, over 2½ years. |