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en⋅gi⋅neer

  [en-juh-neer]
–noun
1. a person trained and skilled in the design, construction, and use of engines or machines, or in any of various branches of engineering: a mechanical engineer; a civil engineer.
2. a person who operates or is in charge of an engine.
3. Also called locomotive engineer. Railroads. a person who operates or is in charge of a locomotive.
4. a member of an army, navy, or air force specially trained in engineering work.
5. a skillful manager: a political engineer.
–verb (used with object)
6. to plan, construct, or manage as an engineer: He's engineered several big industrial projects.
7. to design or create using the techniques or methods of engineering: The motor has been engineered to run noiselessly.
8. to arrange, manage, or carry through by skillful or artful contrivance: He certainly engineered the election campaign beautifully.
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Origin:
1350–1400; engine + -eer; r. ME engin(e)our < AF engineor OF engigneor < ML ingeniātor, equiv. to ingeniā(re) to design, devise (v. deriv. of ingenium; see engine ) + L -tor -tor
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en·gi·neer   (ěn'jə-nîr')   
n.  

  1. One who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.

  2. One who operates an engine.

  3. One who skillfully or shrewdly manages an enterprise.

tr.v.   en·gi·neered, en·gi·neer·ing, en·gi·neers

  1. To plan, construct, or manage as an engineer.

  2. To alter or produce by methods of genetic engineering: "Researchers . . . compared insulin manufactured by bacteria genetically engineered with recombinant DNA techniques to the commercial insulin obtained from swine or cattle" (Fusion).

  3. To plan, manage, and put through by skillful acts or contrivance; maneuver.


[Middle English enginour, from Old French engigneor, from Medieval Latin ingeniātor, contriver, from ingeniāre, to contrive, from Latin ingenium, ability; see engine.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: en·gi·neer
Pronunciation: "en-j&-'ni(&)r
Function: transitive verb
: to modify or produce by genetic engineeringengineered bacteria —Technical Survey>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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