ENGAGE


Meaning of ENGAGE in English

v.

1. tr. employ or hire (a person).

2 tr. a (usu. in passive) employ busily; occupy (are you engaged tomorrow?). b hold fast (a person's attention).

3 tr. (usu. in passive) bind by a promise, esp. of marriage.

4 tr. (usu. foll. by to + infin.) bind by a contract.

5 tr. arrange beforehand to occupy (a room, seat, etc.).

6 (usu. foll. by with) Mech. a tr. interlock (parts of a gear etc.); cause (a part) to interlock. b intr. (of a part, gear, etc.) interlock.

7 a intr. (usu. foll. by with) (of troops etc.) come into battle. b tr. bring (troops) into battle. c tr. come into battle with (an enemy etc.).

8 intr. take part (engage in politics).

9 intr. (foll. by that + clause or to + infin.) pledge oneself.

10 tr. (usu. as engaged adj.) Archit. attach (a column) to a wall.

11 tr. (of fencers etc.) interlock (weapons).

Derivatives:

engager n.

Etymology: F engager, rel. to GAGE(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.