engage
engage Lexical Profile
engage Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To occupy, attract, or hold someone's attention, interest, or active involvement.
"The professor used interactive experiments to engage the students throughout the lecture."
To participate or become involved in an activity, discussion, or undertaking (usually followed by 'in' or 'with').
"Graduates are encouraged to engage in community service and local civic initiatives."
To arrange to employ or hire someone, or to secure the professional services of a person or organization.
"The board decided to engage an independent auditing firm to review the annual financial statements."
To move a mechanical part, gear, or mechanism into position so that it interlocks and operates, or to become interlocked in this way.
"Press the clutch pedal firmly before attempting to engage first gear."
To bind oneself or another person by a formal promise, contract, or pledge, especially to marry.
"By signing the treaty, both nations engage to uphold peaceful trade relations."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 15th century from Old French 'engagier', meaning 'to bind by pledge or promise,' formed from 'en-' (in) and 'gage' (pledge or security, of Frankish origin).