[page] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. OF] (14c) 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 esp. 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 ~ came over the loudspeaker"
[2]page vt paged ; pag.ing (15c) 1: to wait on or serve in the capacity of a page
2: to summon by repeatedly calling out the name of [3]page n [MF, fr. L pagina; akin to L pangere to fix, fasten--more at pact] (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 "one of the brightest ~s of my life"
3: 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 [4]page vb paged ; pag.ing vt (1628): to number or mark the pages of ~ vi: to turn the pages (as of a book or magazine) esp. in a steady or haphazard manner--usu. used with through