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`en-gage (en gaj’, in-) vt. -gaged’, -gag’ing | ME engagen < OFr
`engagier: see EN-' & GAGE'|1 orig., to give or assign as security for
`a debt, etc. 2 to bind (oneself) by a promise; pledge; specif. (now
`only in the passive), to bind by a promise of marriage; betroth /he is
`engaged to Annj 3 to arrange for the services of; hire; employ/to
`engage a lawyer] 4 to arrange for the use of; reserve /to engage a
`l room] 5 to draw into; involve /to engage him in conversa-
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`busy; occupy /reading engages his spare time/ 8 to enter into
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`ict with (the enemy) 9 a) to interlock with or cause to come
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`frictional driving contact with 6) mesh together /engage the
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`to entangle; ensnare —vi.
`1 to pledge oneself;
` ' or involve oneself; take part; be active /to engage in dramatics/ 3
`promise; undertake; agree /to engage to do something/ 2 to occupy
`to enter into conflict 4 to interlock; mesh
`ga zha’) adj. | Fr |) committed to supporting someaim, , ‘(in
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