Found 3 items, similar to engaging.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: engage
memesan tempat, meminang, mempertunangi, mengupah
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: engaging
engaging
adj : attracting or delighting;
“an engaging frankness”;
“a
piquant face with large appealing eyes” [syn:
piquant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Engaging
Encage
\En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Encaged; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
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Engage
\En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Engaged; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Engaging.] [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.
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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.
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3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
draw.
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Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
engross; to draw on.
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Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
him in conversation. --Hawthorne.
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5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
conflict.
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A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
--Ludlow.
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6. (Mach.) 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.
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Engaging
\En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. --
En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or
Engaging and disengaging 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.
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