ENGAGED

engaged, occupied

(adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; “she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities”; “deeply engaged in conversation”

engaged

(adjective) built against or attached to a wall; “engaged columns”

engaged

(adjective) having services contracted for; “the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick”

engaged, meshed, intermeshed

(adjective) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; “the gears are engaged”; “meshed gears”; “intermeshed twin rotors”

engaged

(adjective) involved in military hostilities; “the desperately engaged ships continued the fight”

busy, engaged, in use

(adjective) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (‘engaged’ is a British term for a busy telephone line); “her line is busy”; “receptionists’ telephones are always engaged”; “the lavatory is in use”; “kept getting a busy signal”

booked, engaged, set-aside

(adjective) reserved in advance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Verb

engaged

simple past tense and past participle of engage

Adjective

engaged (not comparable)

Agreed to be married.

Busy or employed.

Greatly interested.

(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls

(architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway

(of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation

(military) being attacked or attacking

(medicine, of a foetus) Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.

Synonyms

• (of a telephone): (US) busy

Source: Wiktionary

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En*gaged", a.

1. Occupied; employed; busy.

2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

ENGAGE

En*gage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Engaging.] Etym: [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.

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.

3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. Good nature engages everybody to him. Addison.

4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. Pope. Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. Hawthorne.

5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict. A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. Ludlow.

6. (Mach.)

Definition: 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.

En*gage", v. i.

1. To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant. How proper the remedy for the malady, I engage not. Fuller.

2. To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

3. To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

4. (Mach.)

Definition: To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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