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.
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.
To gain over; to win and attach; to
attract and hold; to draw.
To employ the attention and efforts of; to
occupy; to engross; to draw on.
To enter into contest with; to encounter;
to bring to conflict.
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.