to engage

Definition of to engage in English English dictionary: To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in); To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive)
They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.; To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied; To guarantee or promise (to do something); To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land)
Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.; To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch)
Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.; To draw into conversation; To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone); To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc); {f} keep busy, occupy; employ; attract; commit, bind (to fulfill an obligation); enter into a fight; get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" keep engaged; "engaged the gears" as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer; To enter into battle; To attract, to draw into conversation; keep engaged; "engaged the gears"; engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"; To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch.); If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others; engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"; [1] to come into contact and be locked together (with another part); To make contact blade-to-blade; When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. see also engaged, engaging; A controller being able to share data and facilities in asaid to be engaged in the collaboration area, and the collaborationto engage the controller; To employ or obtain the services of someone; ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"; To bring the enemy under fire; To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant; To engross or hold the attention of someone; carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"; To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle; To enter into conflict with (an enemy); To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together; If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation; To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy; To bring together or prepare before fighting; in air defense, a fire control order used to direct; as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"; as of aid, help, services, or support; give to in marriage; To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on; To fascinate or win over someone; To keep busy or occupied; If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. I have never engaged in the drug trade; as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"; get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"; To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw; To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service; 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; ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer; To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line; – At this step, Associations are starting to use technology to build relationships Rather than simply communicating, community is being developed and a true sense of belonging You’re taking the web to the next level and developing a truly individualized member experience Members are able to get the information their looking for more quickly The Association is able to get to know the member better Dividends are paid in member satisfaction, more likely renewals, and more interaction with the organization; To guarantee or promise (to do something.); To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict; If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer; If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life + engagement en·gage·ment And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts; To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise; engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"; When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive; In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target; To enter into (an activity), to participate (+ in.)
engagé: {s} (French) committed to a specific cause from a moral point of view; committed to an ideology