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engagesverbpresent tense third-person singular of engage to hold the attention ofthe challenging jigsaw puzzle engaged us all evening absorbs, bemuses, busies, catches up, engrosses, enthralls(or enthrals), enwraps, fascinates, grips, immerses, interests, intrigues, involves, occupies allures, attracts, beguiles, bewitches, captivates, charms, enchants, obsesseshypnotizes, mesmerizesdistracts, preoccupieshogs, monopolizes catches one's eye bores, jades, palls, tires, wearies to enter into contest or conflict withthe daring young captain was eager to engage the enemy battles, encounters, faces, meets, takes on emulates, rivalscontends, fights, opposes eludes, escapes, evadesretreats to obligate by prior agreementwe can't go to the dance because we're already engaged to attend a piano recital commits, mortgages, pledges, troths affiances, betroths, plights, promises, swears, vowscontracts, enlists, enrolls(also enrols), signs on, signs upovercommits reneges to provide with a paying jobthe wealthy couple are looking to engage a handyman to take care of the estate assumes, employs, fees(chiefly Scottish), hires, lays on(chiefly British), pays, places, recruits, retains, signs (up or on), takes on reemploys, reengages, rehiresapprentices, contracts, jobs, partners, subcontractsenlistsadvances, promotes, upgradeskeeps (on)headhunts, scouts axes, cans, discharges, dismisses, fires, sacks furloughs, lays off, locks out to take or get the temporary use of (something) for a set summy sister and her boyfriend have engaged a chauffeured limousine for the prom charters, hires, leases, rents subleases, subletschecks outarranges (for), bespeaks, books, contracts (for), orders, reserves, signs up (for) |