A Quick and Simple Dictionary

engage

1. Verb.  (transitive) To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To draw into conversation.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
4. Verb.  (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
5. Verb.  (intransitive) To enter into battle.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc).
7. Verb.  To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
8. Verb.  (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (''construed with'' (term, in) ).
9. Verb.  (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
10. Verb.  (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, ''especially'' to marry) (''usually in passive'').
11. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).