engage

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From Old (and modern) French engager (from the same base as English wage) from en- + Old French gage "pledge", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *waddi, wadja (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadjo, wadi- (“‘pledge’”) from Proto-Indo-European *wadh- (“‘to pledge, redeem a pledge’”). Akin to Old Norse veþja "to pledge", Gothic wadi. More at wed.

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Infinitive
to engage

Third person singular
engages

Simple past
engaged

Past participle
engaged

Present participle
engaging

to engage (third-person singular simple present engages, present participle engaging, simple past and past participle engaged)

  1. (transitive) To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line.
  2. (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something.)
  3. (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive)
  4. (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of someone.
  5. (transitive, archaic) To fascinate or win over someone.
  6. (transitive) To employ or obtain the services of someone.
  7. (transitive) To reserve or arrange the use of.
  8. To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
  9. To cause to mesh or interlock.
    Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
  10. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
  11. (transitive) To keep busy or occupied.
  12. (transitive) To attract, to draw into conversation.
  13. (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
  14. (intransitive) To enter into battle.
  15. To bring together or prepare before fighting.
  16. (military) In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
  17. (military) To bring the enemy under fire. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
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to pledge, to put something at risk or on the line
to guarantee or promise (to do something.)
to bind through legal or moral obligation
to engross or hold the attention of someone
to fascinate or win over someone
to employ or obtain the services of someone
to reserve or arrange the use of something
to ensnare or physically entangle
to mesh or interlock
to enter into (an activity), to participate (+ in.)
to keep busy or occupied
to attract, to draw into conversation
to enter into conflict with (an enemy.)
to enter into battle
to bring together or prepare before fighting
In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target
to bring the enemy under fire

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  • IPA: /ɑ̃gaʒ/

[edit] Verb

engage

  1. first-, third-person singular indicative present of engager
  2. first-, third-person singular subjunctive present of engager
  3. second-person singular imperative of engager
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