engage

engage
en|gage
W3 [ınˈgeıdʒ] v formal
[Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: engager, from gage 'something given as a promise']
1.) [I always + preposition]
to be doing or to become involved in an activity
engage in/on/upon
Only 10% of American adults engage in regular exercise.
The two parties engaged upon an escalating political struggle.
Mr Armstrong was engaged in prayer.
engage in doing sth
Despite her illness, she remains actively engaged in shaping policy.
2.) [T]
to attract someone's attention and keep them interested
engage sb's interest/attention
The toy didn't engage her interest for long.
engage sb in conversation
(=start talking to them)
3.) engage with sb/sth
to get involved with other people and their ideas in order to understand them
Are you so tired you don't have the energy to engage with your kids?
4.) [T] formal
to employ someone to do a particular job
engage sb to do sth
Her father engaged a tutor to improve her maths.
engage sb as sth
We'd be able to engage local people as volunteers.
5.) [I and T]
if you engage part of a machine, or if it engages, it moves so that it fits into another part of the machine
≠ ↑disengage
She engaged the clutch and the car moved.
engage with
The wheel engages with the cog and turns it.
6.) [I and T]
to begin to fight an enemy
American forces did not directly engage.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • engagé — engagé, ée (an ga jé, jée) part. passé. 1°   Mis en gage. Des effets engagés au mont de piété.    Domaine engagé, domaine que le souverain concède avec la faculté d y rentrer en remboursant le prix ; ainsi dit parce que, sous l ancienne monarchie …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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