GAME (4)

Game (gām), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (gāmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gaming.] [[OE. gamen, game�en, to rejoice, AS. gamenian to play. See Game, n.]] 1. 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; — often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. Chaucer. 2. 2. To play at any sport or diversion.
3. 3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.