[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

pawn \pawn\, v. t. imp.  p. p. pawned; p. pr.  vb. n.
   pawning.
   1. to give or deposit in pledge, or as security for the
      payment of money borrowed; to put in pawn; to pledge; as,
      to pawn one's watch.

   syn: hock colloq.
        1913 webster

              and pawned the last remaining piece of plate.
                                                  --dryden.
        1913 webster

   2. to pledge for the fulfillment of a promise; to stake; to
      risk; to wager; to hazard.
      1913 webster

            pawning his honor to obtain his lust. --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
pawned pawning 

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