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en⋅gaged

[en-geyjd]
–adjective
1. busy or occupied; involved: deeply engaged in conversation.
2. pledged to be married; betrothed: an engaged couple.
3. under engagement; pledged: an engaged contractor.
4. entered into conflict with: desperately engaged armies.
5. Mechanics.
a. interlocked.
b. (of wheels) in gear with each other.
6. Architecture. (of a distinct member) built so as to be truly or seemingly attached in part to the structure before which it stands: an engaged column.

Origin:
1605–15; engage + -ed 2


en⋅gag⋅ed⋅ly [en-gey-jid-lee, -geyjd-] , adverb
en⋅gag⋅ed⋅ness, noun
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unengaged

adjective
1. not busy or occupied; free; "the cancellation left her unengaged a good part of the afternoon" 
2. not promised in marriage; "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis" 
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