Enfranchise

en-fran'chiz, v. [-chised (-chizd), -chising.] To set free, liberate, release; to make free of a city, corporation, or state, naturalize. [See Franchise.]— Enfranchisement, n. Release from slavery or custody; admi ion to the freedom of a corporation or state. — EnfranChiser, n. Engage. en-gaj r v. [-gaged (-gajd'), -gaging.] To put under pledge, bind, involve; to gain for service, enlist; to win and attach to occupy; to enter into contest with, encounter. — To become bound; to embark, take a part, enlist; to enter into conflict. [F. engager, en and gage, q. v., pledge, pawn.] — Engaged', p. a. Pledged; promised; 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 linger or ink. boNboN. chair, get. 196 ENGENDER 180 each other, — the driver being enans, the engaging wheel, the follower Act the engaged. — Engagement, n. Enigma, Act of, or state of Deing, etc.; tion thine engaged or pledged; that hidden which engages; obligation; encannot gro ing occupation; avocation; -mat is, employment promise. (Mil.) in A general action or battle; com- Pert, bat tight. — Enga'ging, p. a. matically, Winning attractive. — Enga'- or gingly, adv. [-TI2ED