ENGAGING

engaging, piquant

(adjective) attracting or delighting; “an engaging frankness”; “a piquant face with large appealing eyes”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

engaging (comparative more engaging, superlative most engaging)

That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.

Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.

Synonyms

• (that engages the attention): absorbing, compelling, engrossing, enthralling, interesting

• (charming): appealing, attractive, sweet

Antonyms

• (that engages the attention): boring, dull, unengaging, uninteresting

• (charming): boorish, rude, uncivil, uncivilised

Verb

engaging

present participle of engage

Source: Wiktionary

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En*ga"ging, a.

Definition: Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.

– En*ga"ging*ly, adv.

– En*ga"ging*ness, n. Engaging and disengaging gear or 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.

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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