engage
11engage — ► VERB 1) attract or involve (someone s interest or attention). 2) (engage in/with) participate or become involved in. 3) chiefly Brit. employ or hire. 4) enter into a contract to do. 5) enter into combat with. 6) (with reference to a part of a… …
12engagé — /ãga ʒe/, it. /anga ʒe/ agg. fr. [part. pass. di engager impegnare ], in ital. invar. (artist., crit.) [con riferimento a letterati e artisti o alla letteratura e all arte, che partecipa attivamente alla vita politico civile] ▶◀ impegnato,… …
13engage — early 15c., to pledge, from M.Fr. engagier, from O.Fr. en gage under pledge, from en make + gage pledge, through Frankish from P.Gmc. *wadiare pledge (showing the common evolution of Germanic w to French g ; Cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Meaning …
14engagé — /fr. ãɡaˈ1e/ [vc. fr., letteralmente «impegnato»] agg. inv. impegnato (culturalmente, politicamente, ecc.) …
15engage — pledge, plight, *promise, covenant, contract Analogous words: bind, *tie: agree, accede, acquiesce, *assent, consent, subscribe …
16engagé — Engagé, [engag]ée. part. Il a les significations de son verbe. On dit fig. qu Une personne à la poitrine engagée, pour dire, Oppressée …
17engagé — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a writer or artist) morally committed to a particular cause. ORIGIN French …
18engagé — [än gȧ zhā′] adj. [Fr] committed to supporting some aim, cause, etc …
19engage — [[t]ɪnge͟ɪʤ[/t]] ♦♦♦ engages, engaging, engaged 1) VERB If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. [FORMAL] [V in n] I have never engaged in the drug trade... [V in n] You can engage in croquet on the south lawn. 2) …
20engage — en|gage W3 [ınˈgeıdʒ] v formal [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: engager, from gage something given as a promise ] 1.) [I always + preposition] to be doing or to become involved in an activity engage in/on/upon ▪ Only 10% of American adults… …
