engage /in(g)- or en(g)-gājˈ/ transitive verb- To bind by a promise
- To secure for service, ensure the services of
- To enlist
- To win over or attract
- To betroth
- To book or reserve
- To hold or occupy
- To begin an action against (military)
- To fasten (architecture)
- To interlock
- To entangle (archaic)
- To render liable (obsolete)
- To pledge (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To promise
- To become bound
- To take part
- To become occupied or involved
- To begin an action (military)
- To interlock
ORIGIN: Fr engager, from en gage in pledge; see gage1 engagedˈ adjective - Pledged
- Promised, esp in marriage
- Greatly interested
- Taken or booked
- Occupied
- Partly built or sunk into, or so appearing (architecture)
- Geared together or interlocked
- (of literature or a writer) committed (cf engagé)
engageˈment noun - The act of engaging
- The state of being engaged
- Something that engages or binds
- Betrothal
- Promise
- Appointment
- Employment
- A fight or battle
- Commitment (cf engagé)
engāgˈer noun - Someone who engages in any sense
- (with cap) an adherent of the Engagement of 1647, a secret treaty between Charles I and the Scottish Commissioners (historical)
engāgˈing adjective Charming, winning or attractive engāgˈingly adverb engāgˈingness noun engaged tone or engaged signal noun A repeated long note that informs a telephone caller that the dialled number is engaged engagement ring noun A ring given esp by the man to the woman as a token of their engagement to marry engage for (archaic) To answer for engagé /ã-ga-zhāˈ/ adjective Committed to a point of view or to social or political action ORIGIN: Fr engagement /ã-gazh-mã (sometimes in-gājˈmənt)/ noun The state of being committed to a point of view or action |