ENGAGEMENTS

Noun

engagements

plural of engagement

Source: Wiktionary

ENGAGEMENT

En*gage"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. engagement.]

1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

3. That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. Religion, which is the chief engagement of our league. Milton.

4. (Mil.)

Definition: An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden.

5. (Mach.)

Definition: The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

Syn.

– Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise; stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight; contest; conflict. See Battle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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