society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear causes [verb (intransitive)] > pledge oneself to trial by combat (2)
spec. in Law. Now historical. to wage battle: To pledge oneself to judicial combat: = gage, v. 1c.
to gage battle: to pledge oneself to judicial combat. Cf. French gager bataille. Obsolete. (Cf. wage, v.)