gamble

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GAM'BLE, verb intransitive [from game.] To play or game for money or other stake. GAM'BLE, verb transitive To gamble away, is to squander by gaming. Bankrupts or sots who have gambled or slept away their estates.
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