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I. noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French
Date: 14th century
1.
a.
(1) a youth being trained for the medieval rank of knight and in the personal service of a knight
(2) a youth attendant on a person of rank especially in the medieval period
b. a boy serving as an honorary attendant at a formal function (as a wedding)
2. one employed to deliver messages, assist patrons, serve as a guide, or attend to similar duties
3. an act or instance of paging <
a page came over the loudspeaker
> <got a page from the client
>
II. transitive verb
(paged; paging)
Date: 15th century
1. to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page
2. to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of
3. to send a message to via a pager
III. noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin pagina; akin to Latin pangere to fix, fasten — more at pact
Date: 1589
1.
a. one of the leaves of a publication or manuscript; also a single side of one of these leaves
b. the material printed or written on a page
2.
a. a written record
b. a noteworthy event or period
3.
a. a sizable subdivision of computer memory; also a block of information that fills a page and can be transferred as a unit between the internal and external storage of a computer
b. the block of information found at a single World Wide Web address
IV. verb
(paged; paging)
Date: 1628
transitive verb
to number or mark the pages of
intransitive verb
to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) especially in a steady or haphazard manner — usually used with through
New Collegiate Dictionary.
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page — page, v. t. 1. To attend (one) as a page. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To call out a person s name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc. [PJC] 3. To call a person on a {pager}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Page — (p[=a]j), n. [F., fr. It. paggio, LL. pagius, fr. Gr. paidi on, dim. of pai^s, paido s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to L. puer. Cf. {Pedagogue}, {Puerile}.] 1. A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Page — Page, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Paged} (p[=a]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Paging} (p[=a] j[i^]ng).] To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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PAGE — s. f. Un des côtés d un feuillet de papier, de parchemin, de vélin, etc. Grande page. Petite page. Remplir la page. Cela tiendra tant de pages. La seconde page était blanche. Le haut, le bas de la page. Ce livre a tant de pages. Ce passage est à… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
