Engage
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.
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.
To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
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.
To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
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Engage Quotations
Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
Henry Ford
Prior to being allowed to enter the profession, prospective teachers should be asked to talk with a group of friendly students for at least half an hour and be able to engage them in an interesting conversation about any subject the prospective teacher wants to talk about.
William Glasser
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.
Andrew Carnegie
This diagnosis can be done in about two lines. It doesn't engage anybody.
David Foster Wallace
People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I think people should be free to engage in any sexual practices they choose; they should draw the line at goats though.
Elton John
I love to engage in repartee with people who are stupider than I am.
Ann Coulter
I can understand wanting to be invisible and mistrusting people and wanting to understand everything before you engage with the world.
Rooney Mara
Engage Translations
engage in French is engagez, accrochons, engager, engageons, saillir
engage in German is mieten, verpflichten, belegen, belegen, anstellen
engage in Italian is noleggiare, obbligarsi, obbligare
engage in Norwegian is engasjere, ansette
engage in Spanish is comprometer, vincular
engage in Swedish is koppla in
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