engage

engage

engage (third-person singular simple present engages, present participle engaging, simple past and past participle engaged)

1. (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied.
2. (transitive) To draw into conversation.
3. (transitive) To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
4. (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
5. (intransitive) To enter into battle.
6. (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc).
7. To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).

   Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.

8. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
9. (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
10. (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).

    They were engaged last month! Theyre planning to have the wedding next year.

11. (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (ones property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

      Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.

abitare

assoldare

assumere

attaccare

attirare

impegnare

impegnarsi

impiegare

ingaggiare

ingranare

innestare

intavolare

noleggiare

obbligare

obbligarsi

occupare

prendere

prenotare

scritturare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied.

take on (i.e. hire)

(transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc).

(intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).

(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, '''especially''' to marry) ( '''usually in passive''' ).

to mesh or interlock

(transitive) To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).

(intransitive) To enter into battle.

(obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

to enter into conflict with (an enemy)

to employ or obtain the services of someone

(intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate ( '''construed with''' in).

(transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).

To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).

(transitive) To draw into conversation.

to bind through legal or moral obligation

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