Engage

Verb

 * 1)  To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied.
 * 2)  To draw into conversation.
 * 3)  To attract, to please;  to fascinate or win over (someone).
 * 4)  To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
 * 5)  To enter into battle.
 * 6)  To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc).
 * 7) To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
 * Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.
 * 1)  To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in:).
 * 2)  To guarantee or promise (to do something).
 * 3)  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.
 * 1)  To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
 * 2) * 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
 * Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.

Adverbs for Engage
professionally; professedly; obviously; industrially; industriously;  controversially; earnestly; actively; pitifully; extensively; variously; picturesquely; successfully; continuously; seriously; actively; willingly; exclusively; amicably; hotly; demurely; jointly; bindingly; allegedly; partially; obstinately; bloodily; pecuniarly; indecisively; intensively.

Synonyms for Engage
employ, hire, busy, occupy, enlist, allure, incite, attract, entertain, engross, accept, retain, reserve, attack, participate, use, commission, charter, appoint, delegate, authorize, depute, ordain, constitute, mesh with (gears).

Antonyms for Engage

 * disengage
 * dismiss, discharge, displace, release, reject, remove, oust, eject, put out, cancel, shun, banish, discard, expel, refuse, decline, dislodge.

Thesaurus
absorb, absorb the attention, accept obligation, affiance, agree, agree to, answer for, appeal, approach, arrest, assault, assay, attack, attempt, attend to business, attract, bargain, bargain for, battle, be answerable for, be attractive, be responsible for, be security for, beckon, become engaged, bespeak, betroth, bind, book, brief, bring, busy, captivate, capture, carry, catch, catch up in, chance, charm, clash with, coact, combat, commit, compact, concern, contract, contract an engagement, contract for, cooperate, covenant, decide, determine, devote, dispose, do a deal, do battle, dovetail, draw, draw in, embark on, embarrass, employ, enchant, encounter, engage in, engage in battle, engage the attention, engage the mind, engage the thoughts, engross, engross the mind, engross the thoughts, enlist, enmesh, entangle, enter into, enthrall, essay, exercise, face, fascinate, fetch, fight, get to do, give battle, go bail for, grab, grapple with, grip, guarantee, have an understanding, hire, hold, hold spellbound, hold the interest, hypnotize, imbue, immerse, implicate, incline, indenture, induce, influence, interact, interchange, interest, interest in, interlace, interlock, intermesh, interplay, intertwine, interweave, interwork, invite, involve, involve the interest, join battle, join battle with, join issue, lead, lift a finger, lure, make a deal, make an attempt, make an effort, meet, mesh, mesmerize, mind the store, monopolize, mortise, obligate, obsess, occupy, occupy the attention, offer, partake in, participate in, pass, pass the time, pledge, plight, preengage, preoccupy, procure, promise, prompt, publish the banns, put on, recruit, rent, reserve, retain, secure, shake hands on, sign on, sign up, sign up for, soak, spellbind, spend, spend the time, stipulate, strike, suck into, summon, sway, take into employment, take on, take part in, take the vows, take up, tangle, tantalize, tease, tempt, tickle, tie, tie up, titillate, troth, try, try conclusions, undertake, venture, venture on, venture upon, whet the appetite

Etymology
From Old (and modern) French engager (from the same base as English wage) from en- + gage "pledge", of  origin, from  *waddi, wadja (cognate with  wedd), from  from. Akin to veþja "to pledge",  wadi. More at wed.

Translations

 * Finnish: pitää yllä jonkun mielenkiintoa


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 * Finnish: hyökätä, ryhtyä taisteluun


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 * Scottish Gaelic: fastaidh


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Anagrams

 * gagnée