Gamble

gam′bl, v.i. to play for money in games of chance or skill: to engage in wild financial speculations.— v.t. to squander away.— n. a gambling transaction.— ns. Gam′bler , one who gambles, esp. who makes it his busine ; Gam′bling-house , a house kept for the accommodation of people who play at games of hazard for money. [For gamm-le or gam-le , a freq. which has ousted M. E. gamenen —A.S. gamenian , to play at games— gamen , a game.]