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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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engage


engage is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] 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. "I to thee engaged a prince`s word." Shak.

[2] 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.

[3] To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

[4] To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope. Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.

[5] To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict. A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. Ludlow.

[6] 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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