Definitions for Sage
seɪdʒsage

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. sagenoun

   a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom

2. sagenoun

   aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc

3. sage, salviaadjective

   any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb

4. sageadjective

   having wisdom that comes with age and experience

5. sage, sage-greenadjective

   of the grey-green color of sage leaves

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sageverb

   The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard when posting a reply

2. sageinterjection

   Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an option rather than a word in some imageboard software

3. Etymology: From sauge, from Latin salvia, from salvus (healthy), see safe.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SAGEadjective

   Wise; grave; prudent.

   Etymology: sage, Fr. saggio, Ital.

   Tired limbs to rest,
   O matron sage, quoth she, I hither came. Fairy Queen.

   Vane, young in years, but in sage councils old,
   Than whom a better senator ne’er held
   The helm of Rome. John Milton.

   Can you expect that she should be so sage
   To rule her blood, and you not rule your rage. Edmund Waller.

2. Sagenoun

   A plant of which the school of Salernum thought so highly, that they left this verse:

   Etymology: sauge, French; salvia, Latin.

   Cur moriatur homo cui salvia crescit in horto.

   It hath a labiated flower, consisting of one leaf, whose upper lip is sometimes arched, and sometimes hooked; but the under lip or beard is divided into three parts, bunching out, and not hollowed at the clare: out of the flower-cup rises the pointal, attended, as it were, by four embryoes, which afterward become so many seeds, which are roundish, shut up in an husk, which before was the flower-cup: to which may be added, that the stamina do somewhat resemble the os hyoides. Philip Miller.

   By the colour, figure, taste, and smell, we have as clear ideas of sage and hemlock, as we have of a circle. John Locke.

   Marbled with sage the hard’ning cheese she press’d. John Gay.

3. Sagenoun

   A philosopher; a man of gravity and wisdom.

   Etymology: from the adjective.

   Though you profess
   Yourselves such sages; yet know I no less,
   Nor am to you inferior. George Sandys.

   At his birth a star proclaims him come,
   And guides the eastern sages, who enquire
   His place, to offer incense, myrrh, and gold. John Milton.

   For so the holy sages once did sing,
   That he our deadly forfeit should release,
   And with his father work us a perpetual peace. John Milton.

   Groves, where immortal sages taught,
   Where heav’nly visions Plato fir’d. Alexander Pope.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sage

   A sage is a person, usually elderly, who is deeply knowledgeable or profoundly wise, often characterized by their good judgment, insight, and comprehension. Sage can also refer to a type of plant with grayish-green leaves, often used as a culinary herb. Additionally, it can relate to a specific practice in spiritual rituals, such as 'sage smudging', where dried sage is burned for cleansing energy.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sagenoun

   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

2. Sagenoun

   the sagebrush

3. Sage

   having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious

4. Sage

   proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose

5. Sage

   grave; serious; solemn

6. Sagenoun

   a wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher

7. Etymology: [OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See Safe.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sage

   Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, with approximately 700–900 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. It is one of several genera commonly referred to as sage. The genus is distributed throughout the Old World and the Americas, with three distinct regions of diversity: Central and South America; Central Asia and Mediterranean; Eastern Asia.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sage

   sāj, n. any plant of genus Salvia, of the mint family, esp. Common or Garden Sage, used for flavouring meats.—ns. Sage′-app′le, a gall formed on a species of sage; Sage′-bread, bread baked from dough mixed with a strong infusion of sage in milk; Sage′-brush, a collective name of various shrubby species of Artemisia in the western United States; Sage′-cock, -grouse, a large North American grouse; Sage′-green, a gray slightly mixed with pure green; Sage′-rabb′it, a small hare or rabbit abounding in North America; Sage′-rose, a plant of the genus Cistus: an evergreen shrub of tropical America; Sage′-sparr′ow, a fringilline bird characteristic of the sage-brush of North America; Sage′-thresh′er, the mountain mocking-bird of west North America; Sage′-will′ow, a dwarf American willow.—adj. Sā′gy, full of, or seasoned with, sage.—Apple-bearing sage, a native of southern Europe, with large reddish or purple bracts, and bearing on its branches large gall-nuts; Meadow Sage, or Meadow clary, a common ornament of meadows in the south of England, with bluish-purple flowers; Oil of sage, an essential oil, yielded by the sage, once much used in liniments against rheumatism. [O. Fr. sauge (It. salvia)—L. salvia—salvus, safe.]

2. Sage

   sāj, adj. discriminating, discerning, wise: well judged.—n. a wise man: a man of gravity and wisdom.—adv. Sage′ly.—n. Sage′ness.—Seven sages, or wise men (see Seven). [Fr. sage (It. saggio, savio), from a L. sapius (seen in ne-sapius), wise—sapĕre, to be wise.]

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1. SAGE

   What does SAGE stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the SAGE acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SAGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sage is ranked #3222 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Sage surname appeared 11,207 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Sage.
   
   89.4% or 10,021 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 362 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   3% or 338 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.9% or 220 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.5% or 171 total occurrences were Black.
   0.8% or 95 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Herb
   • Mentor

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How to pronounce Sage?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Sage in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sage in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Sage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Sage in a Sentence

1. Wesley D'Amico :

   The Sage observes conscience and not appearance.

2. Hazrat Inayat Khan:

   The sage said, 'The best thing is not to hate anyone, only to love.' That is the only way out of it. As soon as you have forgiven those whom you hate, you have gotten rid of them. Then you have no reason to hate them you just forget.

3. Nancy Sherman:

   But the idea that Stoics don’t have emotional skin in the game is a misreading of ancient Stoicism. The Stoics were the most nuanced of early emotion theorists, detailing the layered complexity of emotional life. They describe “proto-emotions” that we feel and can’t control, and even a sage isn’t impugned for experiencing these starts and startles.

4. Jordan Anderson:

   With Sage’s extensive experience in road racing and open-wheel racing, along with finishing 7th in this year’s Indianapolis 500, we knew that the road course at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway would be a special place for him to make his NASCAR debut with support from Montage Mountain Resorts and so many other great partners.

5. Henry David Thoreau:

   However mean your life is, meet it and live it: do not shun it and call it hard names. Cultivate poverty like a garden herb, like sage. Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends. Things do not change, we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts. God will see that you do want society.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Sage
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sage
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Sage
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Sage
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Sage
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Sage
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
9. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Sage