engagé

/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

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fiil

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

  1. fiil To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.

    “Thus ſhall mankind his guardian care engage, / The promis'd father of the future age.”

  2. fiil To draw into conversation.

    “the difficult task of engaging him in conversation”

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

    “This humanity and good nature engages every body to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them all his family are in a good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with: […]”

  4. fiil To enter into conflict with (an enemy).

    “1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy”

  5. fiil To enter into battle.
  6. fiil To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).

    “For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.”

  7. fiil To guarantee or promise (to do something).
  8. fiil To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).

    “They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.”

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

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

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

    “Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.”

  11. fiil To come into gear with.

    “The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.”

  12. fiil To activate a lock.

    “He engaged the lock on the door.”

  13. fiil To entangle.
  14. isim Someone serving under a contract of engagement.

    “For the seasonal engagé – the “porkeater” going to Grand Portage – the engagement provided an extra source of income to supplement a primary occupation elsewhere.”

  15. sıfat Passionately committed to a cause.

    “Fortunately, most scholars, engagé or not, are willing to deal with differing ponts of view.”

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