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Origin and history of staged

staged(adj.)

1560s, "appearing or acting on a stage" (a sense now obsolete), past-participle adjective from stage (v.). Of a play, "upon the stage," by 1904. The meaning "proceeding in stages" is from 1960.

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stage(v.)

mid-14c., stagen, "to erect, construct," from stage (n.). The meaning "put into or represent (a person) in a play or on stage" is from c. 1600; that of "put (a play) on the stage" is by 1879; the general sense of "to mount" (a comeback, an attack, etc.) is attested from 1924. Related: Staged; staging.

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