Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stake \Stake\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Staked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Staking}.]
   1. To fasten, support, or defend with stakes; as, to stake
      vines or plants.

   2. To mark the limits of by stakes; -- with out; as, to stake
      out land; to stake out a new road.

   3. To put at hazard upon the issue of competition, or upon a
      future contingency; to wager; to pledge.

            I'll stake yon lamb, that near the fountain plays.
                                                  --Pope.

   4. To pierce or wound with a stake. --Spectator.