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Definition of Engage
1. Verb. Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in. "They engaged in a discussion"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Commit, Practice, Close, Politick
Derivative terms: Engagement, Prosecution, Pursuer, Pursuit
2. Verb. Consume all of one's attention or time. "They engage themselves"; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
Specialized synonyms: Involve, Consume, Rivet
Generic synonyms: Interest
Derivative terms: Absorption, Engrossment, Engrossment, Engrossment, Occupation, Occupation
3. Verb. Engage or hire for work. "How many people has she employed?"
Specialized synonyms: Featherbed, Fill, Ship, Contract, Sign, Sign On, Sign Up, Rat, Farm Out, Job, Subcontract
Derivative terms: Employ, Employee, Employer, Employment, Engagement, Hirer
Antonyms: Fire
4. Verb. Ask to represent; of legal counsel. "I'm retaining a lawyer"
5. Verb. Give to in marriage.
Generic synonyms: Vow
Derivative terms: Betrothal, Engagement
6. Verb. Get caught. "Make sure the gear is engaged"
7. Verb. Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns). "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
Generic synonyms: Contend, Fight, Struggle
Specialized synonyms: Offer, Provide, Put Up
Derivative terms: Engagement
8. Verb. Hire for work or assistance. "Engage aid, help, services, or support"
9. Verb. Engage for service under a term of contract. "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
Generic synonyms: Acquire, Get
Derivative terms: Charter, Lease, Lease, Rent, Rental, Renter
10. Verb. Keep engaged. "Engaged the gears"
Specialized synonyms: Flip, Switch, Throw, Ride
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Antonyms: Disengage
Derivative terms: Engagement, Mesh, Mesh, Meshing, Operation, Operation
Definition of Engage
1. v. t. 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.
2. v. i. To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
Definition of Engage
1. Verb. (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To draw into conversation. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone). ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy). ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To enter into battle. ¹
6. Verb. (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc). ¹
7. Verb. To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch). ¹
8. Verb. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (''construed with'' (term in)). ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something). ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, ''especially'' to marry) (''usually in passive''). ¹
11. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Engage
1. to employ [v -GAGED, -GAGING, -GAGES] - See also: employ
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engage
Literary usage of Engage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"An agreement by an outgoing partner not to re-engage in business in or adjacent
to the same town in support of a contract for the sale of his interest nepd ..."
2. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Peter Augustin Daniel (1874)
"... looking liking moue, But no more deepe will I engage mine eye, Then your
content giues ... engage ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... against the squad- ron at Naupactus, and then proceeded to engage it. For the
Syracusans thought thnt in this way they would have ..."
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