sage

Definitions

1. 1.Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious. All you sage counselors, hence! Shak.
2. 2.Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose. Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton.
3. 3.Grave; serious; solemn. [R.] "[Great bards.] in sage and solemn tunes have sung." Milton.
4. 4.A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher. At his birth a star, Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come, And guides the Eastern sages. Milton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious. All you sage counselors, hence! Shak called?
• What is proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose. Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton called?
• What is grave; serious; solemn. [R.] "[Great bards.] in sage and solemn tunes have sung." Milton called?