I. ˈpāj 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 ; pag·ing )
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 ; pag·ing )
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