engage

  • 31engage — i. To enter into air combat engagement with intruders. ii. An aircraft making contact with an arrester barrier engaging the barrier. See aircraft arresting barrier. iii. Contact made by a hook with an arrester wire engaging the wire. See aircraft …

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  • 32engage — verb 1) tasks that engage children s interest Syn: capture, catch, arrest, grab, snag, draw, attract, gain, win, hold, grip, captivate, engross, absorb, occupy Ant …

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  • 33engage — verb 1) tasks which engage children s interest Syn: capture, catch, arrest, grab, draw, attract, gain, hold, grip, absorb, occupy 2) he engaged a secretary Syn …

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  • 34engage — [ɪnˈgeɪdʒ] verb 1) [I/T] if a part of a machine engages, or if you engage it, it fits into another part and they start to move together Ant: disengage 2) [T] formal to attract someone s interest or attention and keep it 3) [T] formal to employ… …

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  • 35engage — /ɪn geɪdʒ/ verb 1. to arrange to employ workers or advisors ● If we increase production we will need to engage more machinists. ● He was engaged as a temporary replacement for the marketing manager who was ill. ● The company has engaged twenty… …

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  • 36engagé — adjective Etymology: French, past participle of engager to engage Date: 1946 committed to or supportive of a cause …

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  • 37Engagé — Engagisme L’engagisme est à l origine un concept juridique de l Ancien Régime apparenté au servage [1]. Suite à son abolition pendant la Révolution française, c est devenu une forme de salariat contraint qu ont imposé à des travailleurs immigrés… …

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  • 38engagé — Fr. /ahonn gann zhay /, adj. choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something: Some of the political activists grew less engagé as the years passed. [1950 55; < F: lit., engaged] * * * …

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  • 39engage — verb /ɪnˈɡeɪʤ/ a) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied. Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out. b) To draw into conversation. They were engaged last month! Theyre planning to have the wedding next year …

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  • 40engage in — phr verb Engage in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑activity, ↑agitation, ↑banter, ↑battle, ↑combat, ↑commerce, ↑conduct, ↑conversation, ↑dialogue, ↑dispute, ↑espionage, ↑ …

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