Definition of engage

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Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

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Trader :: Trader (n.) A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade.
Preengage :: Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
Dip :: Dip (v. t.) To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
Farm :: Farm (v. i.) To engage in the business of tilling the soil; to labor as a farmer.
Fielded :: Fielded (a.) Engaged in the field; encamped.
Detach :: Detach (v. t.) To part; to separate or disunite; to disengage; -- the opposite of attach; as, to detach the coats of a bulbous root from each other; to detach a man from a leader or from a party..
Busy :: Busy (a.) Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant..
Raider :: Raider (n.) One who engages in a raid.
Neutrality :: Neutrality (n.) The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.
Open :: Open (a.) Free; disengaged; unappropriated; as, to keep a day open for any purpose; to be open for an engagement..
Photometrician :: Photometrician (n.) One engaged in the scientific measurement of light.
Pair :: Pair (v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions.
Converse :: Converse (v. i.) To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing..
Shipment :: Shipment (n.) The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West..
Raftsman :: Raftsman (n.) A man engaged in rafting.
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part..
Raffle :: Raffle (v. i.) To engage in a raffle; as, to raffle for a watch..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it..
Short :: Short (superl.) Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv..
Warm :: Warm (a.) To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven.
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