Verb: engage en'geyj or in'geyj
- Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
"They engaged in a discussion";
- prosecute, pursue
- Consume all of one's attention or time
"Her interest in butterflies engages her completely";
- absorb, engross, occupy
- Hire for work or assistance
"engage aid, help, services, or support";
- enlist
- Start in a job or pay to do a particular piece of work
"They engaged two new secretaries in the department";
- hire, employ, take on
- Engage for service under a term of contract
"The company engaged three new employees";
- lease, rent, hire, charter, take
- Ask to represent; of legal counsel
"The company engaged a top law firm to handle the merger"
- Carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
"The nations engaged in a lengthy war";
- wage
- Give to in marriage
"Her parents engaged her to the neighbouring kingdom's prince";
- betroth [archaic], affiance [literary], plight [archaic]
- Get caught
"make sure the gear is engaged"
- Keep engaged
"engaged the gears";
- mesh, lock, operate
- (military) start armed combat with
"The troops engaged the enemy at dawn"
Derived forms: engaged, engaging, engages
Type of: acquire, act, displace, fight, get, interest, move, procure, secure, struggle, touch, vow
Antonym: disengage
Encyclopedia: Engage