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engage
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Main Entry: en·gage
Pronunciation: in-'gAj, en-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): en·gaged; en·gag·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French engagier, from Old French, from en- + gage token, gage
transitive senses
1 : to offer (as one's word) as security for a debt or cause
2 a obsolete : to entangle or entrap in or as if in a snare or bog b : to attract and hold by influence or power c : to interlock with : MESH; also : to cause (mechanical parts) to mesh
3 : to bind (as oneself) to do something; especially : to bind by a pledge to marry
4 a : to provide occupation for : INVOLVE b : to arrange to obtain the use or services of : HIRE
5 a : to hold the attention of : ENGROSS b : to induce to participate
6 a : to enter into contest with b : to bring together or interlock (weapons)
7 : to deal with especially at length
intransitive senses
1 a : to pledge oneself : PROMISE b : GUARANTEE
2 a : to begin and carry on an enterprise or activity b : to take part : PARTICIPATE
3 : to enter into conflict
4 : to come together and interlock (as of machinery parts) : be or become in gear
2 entries found for engage.
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Main Entry: en·gage
Pronunciation: in-'gAj, en-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): en·gaged; en·gag·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French engagier, from Old French, from en- + gage token, gage
transitive senses
1 : to offer (as one's word) as security for a debt or cause
2 a obsolete : to entangle or entrap in or as if in a snare or bog b : to attract and hold by influence or power c : to interlock with : MESH; also : to cause (mechanical parts) to mesh
3 : to bind (as oneself) to do something; especially : to bind by a pledge to marry
4 a : to provide occupation for : INVOLVE b : to arrange to obtain the use or services of : HIRE
5 a : to hold the attention of : ENGROSS b : to induce to participate
6 a : to enter into contest with b : to bring together or interlock (weapons)
7 : to deal with especially at length
intransitive senses
1 a : to pledge oneself : PROMISE b : GUARANTEE
2 a : to begin and carry on an enterprise or activity b : to take part : PARTICIPATE
3 : to enter into conflict
4 : to come together and interlock (as of machinery parts) : be or become in gear