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en⋅gage
[en-geyj]
verb, -gaged, -gag⋅ing.–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons): He engaged her in conversation. |
| 2. | to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire: to engage a worker; to engage a room. |
| 3. | to attract and hold fast: The novel engaged her attention and interest. |
| 4. | to attract or please: His good nature engages everyone. |
| 5. | to bind, as by pledge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable: He engaged himself to repay his debt within a month. |
| 6. | to betroth (usually used in the passive): They were engaged last week. |
| 7. | to bring (troops) into conflict; enter into conflict with: Our army engaged the enemy. |
| 8. | Mechanics. to cause (gears or the like) to become interlocked; interlock with. |
| 9. | to attach or secure. |
| 10. | Obsolete. to entangle or involve. |
–verb (used without object)
| 11. | to occupy oneself; become involved: to engage in business or politics. |
| 12. | to take employment: She engaged in her mother's business. |
| 13. | to pledge one's word; assume an obligation: I was unwilling to engage on such terms. |
| 14. | to cross weapons; enter into conflict: The armies engaged early in the morning. |
| 15. | Mechanics. (of gears or the like) to interlock. |
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en·gage (ěn-gāj') v. en·gaged, en·gag·ing, en·gag·es v. tr.
[Middle English engagen, to pledge something as security for repayment of debt, from Old French engagier : en-, in; see en-1 + gage, pledge, of Germanic origin.] en·gag'er n. |
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Engaging
En*ga"ging\, a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. -- En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.
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Language Translation for : engaging
Spanish:
atractivo,
German:
gewinnend,
Japanese:
魅力的な
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