ENGAGE
\ɛnɡˈe͡ɪd͡ʒ], \ɛnɡˈeɪdʒ], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ˈeɪ_dʒ]\
Definitions of ENGAGE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
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as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
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give to in marriage
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ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
By Princeton University
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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
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as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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give to in marriage
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
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To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
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To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
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To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
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To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
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To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
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To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
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To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
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To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
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To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
By Oddity Software
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To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
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To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
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To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
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To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
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To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
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To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
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To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
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To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
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To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
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To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
By Noah Webster.
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To pledge or bind by oath or contract; to betroth; to win; as, his smile engages every one to him; in machinery, to come into gear with; make liable for a debt; secure for aid or employment; as, to engage a workman; encounter in battle; occupy the time or attention of; as, to engage one in conversation.
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To promise or assume an obligation; occupy oneself; as, to engage in business; enter a conflict.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To bind by a gage or pledge: to render liable: to gain for service: to enlist: to gain over: to win: to occupy: to enter into contest with.
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To pledge one's word: to become bound: to take a part: to enter into conflict.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To bind by promise.
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To attract.
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To join in conflict with.
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To bind oneself by promise.
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To busy oneself.
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To begin or maintain a conflict.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To bind by compact or promise; to bind as surety; to pawn or stake as a pledge; to enlist; to bespeak; to embark; to win and attach; to attract and fix; to occupy; to encounter.
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To encounter; to meet in conflict; to embark in any business; to undertake; to promise or pledge one's word; to bind one's self.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To occupy, as one's time; to undertake; to win, as affection; to hold, as in attention; to embark in, as in business; to bespeak, as rooms or a partner in a dance; to bind one's self as surety; to enlist for a service; to unite by contract; to begin to fight.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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To impawn, to stake; to enlist, to bring into a party; to embark in an affair, to enter in an undertaking; to unite, to attach; to induce, to win by pleasing means, to gain; to bind by any appointment or contract; to seize by the attention; to employ, to hold in business; to encounter, to fight.
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To conflict, to fight; to embark in any business, to enlist in any party.
By Thomas Sheridan
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