Engage

en-gaj', v. t. [-gaged (-gajd'), -gaging.] i To put under pledge, bind, involve; to gain for I service, enlist; to win and attach; to occupy; to enter into contest with, encounter. — v. i. To bei come bound; to embark, take apart, enlist; to enter into conflict. — Engaged', p. a. Pledged; prom- 1 sQn, cube, full; moon, fotit; cow, oil; linger ised; esp., promised in marriage; betrothed; greatly interested; earnest. — Engaged columns. (Arch.) Columns partly sunk into the wall to which they are attached. — E. wheels. (Mech.) Wheels in gear with each other, — the driver being the engaging wheel, the follower the engaged. — Engage'ment, n. Act of, or state of beins, etc.; thins engaged or pledged; that which engages; obligation; engro ing occupation; avocation; employment; promise. (Mil.) A general action or battle; combat; fight. — Enga'ging, p. a. Winning; attractive. — Enga'gingly, adv.