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Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- {En*ga"ging*ly}, adv. --
{En*ga"ging*ness}, n.
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{Engaging and disengaging gear} or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Engaging}.] [Pref. en- cage: cf. F. encager.]
To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
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Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) gage pledge,
pawn. See {Gage}.]
1. 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. "I to thee
engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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2. 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.
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3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
draw.
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Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
engross; to draw on.
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Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
him in conversation. --Hawthorne.
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5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
conflict.
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A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
--Ludlow.
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6. (Mach.) 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.
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