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class='vi' role='text'>//engage in bad conduct
to give attention to something deal //failing to engage with the problem
  • to enter into conflict or battle
  • to come together and interlock //the gears engaged
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    absorb bemuse busy catch up engross enthrall (or enthral) enwrap fascinate grip immerse interest intrigue involve occupy
    Examples
    • //He was engaged as a tutor.
    • //He sure can engage an audience.
    • //The story engaged my interest.
    • //The troops prepared to engage the enemy.
    • //The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.
    First Known Use
    15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
    History and Etymology
    Middle English, from Anglo-French engager, from en- + gage pledge, gage
    engage
    verb

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    en​gine
    noun
    en·​gine
    ˈen-jən

    Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

    • a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion
      also a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source //black holes may be the engines for quasars
    • a railroad locomotive
    • something used to effect a purpose agent, instrument //… mournful and terrible engine of Horror and of Crime … — Edgar Allan Poe
      something that produces a particular and usually desirable result //engines of economic growth
    • machinery
      any of various mechanical appliances —often used in combination //fire engine
      a mechanical tool: such as
      an instrument or machine of war
      obsolete a torture implement
    • computer software that performs a fundamental function especially of a larger program
    • obsolete
      ingenuity
      evil contrivance wile
    //engage in bad conduct
    to give attention to something deal //failing to engage with the problem
  • to enter into conflict or battle
  • to come together and interlock //the gears engaged
    • Synonyms & Antonyms
    Synonyms
    absorb bemuse busy catch up engross enthrall (or enthral) enwrap fascinate grip immerse interest intrigue involve occupy
    Examples
    • //He was engaged as a tutor.
    • //He sure can engage an audience.
    • //The story engaged my interest.
    • //The troops prepared to engage the enemy.
    • //The troops prepared to engage with the enemy.
    First Known Use
    15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
    History and Etymology
    Middle English, from Anglo-French engager, from en- + gage pledge, gage
    engage
    verb

    Synonyms & Antonyms

    en​gine
    noun
    en·​gine
    ˈen-jən

    Definition (Entry 1 of 2)

    • a machine for converting any of various forms of energy into mechanical force and motion
      also a mechanism or object that serves as an energy source //black holes may be the engines for quasars
    • a railroad locomotive
    • something used to effect a purpose agent, instrument //… mournful and terrible engine of Horror and of Crime … — Edgar Allan Poe
      something that produces a particular and usually desirable result //engines of economic growth
    • machinery
      any of various mechanical appliances —often used in combination //fire engine
      a mechanical tool: such as
      an instrument or machine of war
      obsolete a torture implement
    • computer software that performs a fundamental function especially of a larger program
    • obsolete
      ingenuity
      evil contrivance wile