Stake, vb. 1) to set and plant like a stake: “I have a soul of lead so --s me to the ground I cannot move,” Rom. I, 4, 16.
2) to wager, to put to hazard: Cymb. V, 5, 188. “s. down,” Merch. III, 2, 218.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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