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“engaged”
engage (verb), engages; engaged; engaging
1. To hire someone to perform a particular service: Mr. Williams was engaged as a tutor of mathematics for Mary's son.
2. To pay for help, assistance, etc.: Brad's father suggested that he engage a lawyer for legal advice.
3. To get and to keep the attention, interest, etc. of others: The politician is able to engage audiences about how he can improve the economic situation for his country.
4. To move a mechanism or part of a machine so it fits into another one: The owner of the car engaged the clutch and drove away; in other words, when he released the clutch, the gears were engaged.
5. Etymology: borrowed from Middle French engagier from Old French en gage, "pledge"; from en, "make" + gage, "pledge".
2. To pay for help, assistance, etc.: Brad's father suggested that he engage a lawyer for legal advice.
3. To get and to keep the attention, interest, etc. of others: The politician is able to engage audiences about how he can improve the economic situation for his country.
4. To move a mechanism or part of a machine so it fits into another one: The owner of the car engaged the clutch and drove away; in other words, when he released the clutch, the gears were engaged.
5. Etymology: borrowed from Middle French engagier from Old French en gage, "pledge"; from en, "make" + gage, "pledge".
engaged (adjective), more engaged, most engaged
1. A reference someone who is chosen to be married: Jack and Jill recently became an engaged couple when he asked her if she would be his wife.
2. Pertaining to an individual who is busy or is involved in an activity: Manfred is an engaged tutor who works with people who want to expand their vocabulary skills.
2. Pertaining to an individual who is busy or is involved in an activity: Manfred is an engaged tutor who works with people who want to expand their vocabulary skills.
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; one who believes in; one who is engaged in; someone who does something)