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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"

give to in marriage

ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

keep engaged; "engaged the gears"

as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

give to in marriage

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.

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.

To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

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.

To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

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.

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

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.

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.

To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

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.

To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

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.

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

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.

To promise or assume an obligation; occupy oneself; as, to engage in business; enter a conflict.

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.

To pledge one's word: to become bound: to take a part: to enter into conflict.

To become bound; take part; enter in to contest.

To bind; gain for service; win; encounter.

To bind by promise.

To attract.

To join in conflict with.

To bind oneself by promise.

To busy oneself.

To begin or maintain a conflict.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To conflict, to fight; to embark in any business, to enlist in any party.