Definition of engage

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Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

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Bilk :: Bilk (v. t.) To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a creditor..
Collier :: Collier (n.) One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal..
Bacchanal :: Bacchanal (a.) Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Sealer :: Sealer (n.) A mariner or a vessel engaged in the business of capturing seals.
College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..
Otherwise :: Otherwise (adv.) In different circumstances; under other conditions; as, I am engaged, otherwise I would accept..
Reengagement :: Reengagement (n.) A renewed or repeated engagement.
Militia :: Militia (n.) In the widest sense, the whole military force of a nation, including both those engaged in military service as a business, and those competent and available for such service; specifically, the body of citizens enrolled for military instruction and discipline, but not subject to be called into actual service except in emergencies..
Cogitate :: Cogitate (v. i.) To engage in continuous thought; to think.
Ship :: Ship (v. i.) To engage to serve on board of a vessel; as, to ship on a man-of-war..
Confederate :: Confederate (n.) One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense..
Trucebreaker :: Trucebreaker (n.) One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement..
Cockpit :: Cockpit (n.) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement.
Clearance :: Clearance (n.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwheel tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages..
Punctuality :: Punctuality (n.) The quality or state of being punctual; especially, adherence to the exact time of an engagement; exactness..
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Forepossessed :: Forepossessed (a.) Preoccupied; prepossessed; preengaged.
Polemic :: Polemic (a.) Engaged in, or addicted to, polemics, or to controversy; disputations; as, a polemic writer..
Conclave :: Conclave (n.) The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
Active :: Active (a.) Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal..
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