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Definition of Engages
1. engage [v] - See also: engage
Lexicographical Neighbors of Engages
Literary usage of Engages
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Around the world in eighty days, tr. by G.M. Towle by Jules Verne (1874)
"IN WHICH PHILEAS FOGG engages IN A DIRECT STRUGGLE WITH BAD FORTUNE. THE " China,"
in leaving, seemed to have carried off Phileas Fogg's last hope. ..."
2. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... soldier engages voluntarily at first for a longer term, and for all service ;
the volunteer engages for a shorter term, and for a special service. ..."
3. The Law of Sales of Personal Property by Francis Marion Burdick (1897)
"Seller engages that Goods are Merchantable. — Whether the seller is manufacturer
or dealer, he impliedly engages that goods sold by description are ..."
4. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"species of commerce which is equally repugnant to the principles of natural
justice, and the lights of the times in which we live, engages to unite, ..."
5. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"French preparations at Toulon —§ VIII. Admiral Byng sails for the Mediterranean—§
IX. He arrives at Gibraltar—§ X. engages M. de la ..."
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