v. Simple past tense and past participle of gauge.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Tested or measured by, or conformed to, a gauge.
Word Usage
"The magnitude of dependence can be gauged from the fact each day over 400 containers ply from Karachi and Quetta to Afghanistan transporting food, munitions and 300 million gallons of fuel for US-Nato troops in Afghanistan."