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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [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. (Mach.) 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 From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encaged}; p. pr & vb n. {Engaging}.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: engaging adj : attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: {piquant}]
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