1. • verb - carry out or participate in an activity
   • verb - consume all of one's attention or time
   • verb - engage or hire for work
   • verb - ask to represent
   • verb - give to in marriage
   • verb - get caught
   • verb - carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
   • verb - hire for work or assistance
   • verb - engage for service under a term of contract
   • verb - keep engaged
2. • To obtain or contract for the services of; employ: engage a carpenter.
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   • To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
   • To attract and hold the attention of; engross: a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
   • To win over or attract: His smile engages everyone he meets.
   • To draw into; involve: engage a shy person in conversation.
   • To require the use of; occupy: Studying engages most of a serious student’s time.
   • To enter or bring into conflict with: We have engaged the enemy.
   • To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh: engage the automobile’s clutch.
   • To give or take as security.
   • To involve oneself or become occupied; participate: engage in conversation.
   • To assume an obligation; agree.
   • To enter into conflict or battle: The armies engaged at dawn.
   • To become meshed or interlocked: The gears engaged.
3. • adj - to engage the services of for payment [v HIRED, HIRING, HIRES] : HIREABLE

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