Meaning
To take part in something and give it your attention; when two parts engage, they lock together and work as one.
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Word origin
From French engager, to bind by a promise, from gage, a thing left as a pledge. The idea of being tied to something gave both the promise sense and the sense of parts locking together.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- engager
- English cognates
- gage, mortgage
Grammar
Examples
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To "engage" someone is to get them to take part.
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Here "engage" means the parts lock together and move as one.
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"Engaged" also means you have promised to marry someone.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 19, lesson 8: engage, rate, political and 7 more words.