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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: Library in Itself

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Engage

Engage (engage)
v. t.(?)
En*gage"
[imp. *** p. p. Engaged (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Engaging (?).] [F. engager] pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See Gage.]
  1. 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.
    "I to thee engaged a prince's word." Shak.
  2. 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.
  3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

    Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

  4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

    Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope.

    Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.

  5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

    A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. Ludlow.

  6. 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.

Engage

Engage (engage)
v. i.
En*gage"
  1. To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

    How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller.

  2. To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
  3. To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
  4. To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.













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