engage
/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/ verb B1- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To draw into conversation.
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- To enter into conflict with (an enemy). · 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
- To enter into battle.
- To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive). · They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.
He/she/it engages · Past engaged · Past participle engaged · -ing form engaging
Verb forms
- Base form
- engage
- He/she/it
- engages
- Past
- engaged
- Past participle
- engaged
- -ing form
- engaging
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Art is an engaging mistress.
“They’re engaged, Anthony,” she said, softly.
Maxwell say anything yesterday about engaging another stenographer?”
Barry had engaged to stay with the children during her absence, was helpless and bewildered, quite incapable of thinking what to do, or doing it if she thought of it.
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