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engage
Found in thesaurus: move, act, interest, engage, employ, hire, vow, touch, struggle, contend, fight, procure, secure, acquire, get, displace
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engage
v.
keep busy, occupy; employ; attract; commit, bind (to fulfill an obligation); enter into a fight
engagé
adj.
(French) committed to a specific cause from a moral point of view; committed to an ideology
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Engage
Engage may refer to:
- Engagement in preparation for marriage
- Engage (organization), a UK-based political organization
- Engage (visual arts), the UK National Association for Gallery Education
- Engagement during a military battle or a Shootout
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Engagé
Engagé, is an 18th-19th century Modern French term denoting a man, (usually French-Canadian), who is engaged, i.e., employed, with the promise of a steady salary to canoe (or row a boat) and handle all transportation aspects of river and lake-chain travel (maintenance, loading and unloading, propelling, steering, portaging, camp set-up, maps, interaction with Native American people, etc.) in the North American frontier, particularly within the fur trade. It also applied to the men who staffed the pirogues on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Compare with the merchant voyageur and seafaring sailor.
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Engage!
Engage!: The Complete Guide for Brands and Businesses to Build, Cultivate, and Measure Success in the New Web is a bestselling book by speaker, digital analyst, and author Brian Solis. In Engage!, Solis diagnoses the new world of social media, mobile and how businesses and individuals can best market their products or services. Actor Ashton Kutcher wrote the foreword.
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engage
Verb
1. carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
(synonym) prosecute, pursue
(hypernym) act, move
(hyponym) close
(derivation) engagement, participation, involvement, involution
2. engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
(synonym) absorb, engross, occupy
(hypernym) interest
(hyponym) involve
3. engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
(synonym) hire, employ
(hyponym) featherbed
(derivation) employment, engagement
4. ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
(hypernym) hire, employ
5. give to in marriage
(synonym) betroth, affiance, plight
(hypernym) vow
(derivation) betrothal, troth, engagement
6. get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
(antonym) disengage
(hypernym) touch
(hyponym) lock
(derivation) engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
7. as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
(synonym) wage
(hypernym) fight, struggle
(hyponym) put up, provide, offer
(derivation) battle, conflict, fight, engagement
8. as of aid, help, services, or support
(synonym) enlist
(hypernym) procure, secure
(hyponym) recruit
9. engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
(synonym) lease, rent, hire, charter, take
(hypernym) get, acquire
10. keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
(synonym) mesh, lock, operate
(antonym) disengage, withdraw
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) throw, flip, switch
(derivation) engagement, mesh, meshing, interlocking
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engagé
adj.
engaged, committed; allied, obliged, plighted
engagé
nm.
volunteer
engager
v.
bind, commit, engage; secure, pledge; retain, insert, run
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engagé
adj.
engagé, committed; militant
