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Definition of Engaging
1. Adjective. Attracting or delighting. "A piquant face with large appealing eyes"
Definition of Engaging
1. a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
Definition of Engaging
1. Adjective. That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling. ¹
2. Adjective. Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of engage) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Engaging
1. engage [v] - See also: engage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engaging
Literary usage of Engaging
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 (1906)
"Justice Lumpkin said that the earnings of the wife are "oftentimes exclusively
her own, certainly so when her husband expressly consents to her engaging in ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1882)
"... two feet away, an intra-uterine convulsion caused by the engaging of the head
at the internal os, and consequent pressure upon it? 33 RIVINGTON STREET. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1893)
"... to engaging in war the omens were consulted by taking a number of fern stalks
to represent spears, and others to represent the warriors. ..."
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