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engaging
(mass) | engaging
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engaging
(encz) | engaging,najmutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
engaging
(encz) | engaging,poutavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Engaging
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Engaging
(gcide) | Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
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Engaging
(gcide) | Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Engaging.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge,
pawn. See Gage.]
1. 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. "I to thee
engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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2. 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.
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3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
draw.
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Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
engross; to draw on.
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Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
him in conversation. --Hawthorne.
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5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
conflict.
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A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
--Ludlow.
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6. (Mach.) 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.
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engaging
(wn) | engaging
adj 1: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a
piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging,
piquant] |
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disengaging
(encz) | disengaging, |
engagingly
(encz) | engagingly,poutavě adv: Zdeněk Brožengagingly,přitažlivě adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Disengaging
(gcide) | Disengage \Dis`en*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disengaged; p.
pr. & vb. n. Disengaging.] [Pref. dis- + engage: cf. F.
d['e]sengager.]
To release from that with which anything is engaged,
engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach;
to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from
a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath,
promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a
favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
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To disengage him and the kingdom, great sums were to be
borrowed. --Milton.
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Caloric and light must be disengaged during the
process. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.
Syn: To liberate; free; loose; extricate; clear; disentangle;
detach; withdraw; wean.
[1913 Webster]Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.
Loosing; setting free; detaching.
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Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
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Disengaging machinery
(gcide) | Disengaging \Dis`en*ga"ging\, a.
Loosing; setting free; detaching.
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Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging.
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Engaging
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
[1913 Webster]Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged; p. pr. & vb.
n. Engaging.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge,
pawn. See Gage.]
1. 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. "I to thee
engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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2. 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.
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3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
draw.
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Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
engross; to draw on.
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Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
him in conversation. --Hawthorne.
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5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
conflict.
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A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
--Ludlow.
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6. (Mach.) 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.
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Engaging and disengaging gear
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Engaging and disengaging machinery
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Engagingly
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Engagingness
(gcide) | Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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Engaging and disengaging gear or {Engaging and disengaging
machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
part, as occasion may require.
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Preengaging
(gcide) | Preengage \Pre`["e]n*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pre["e]ngaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pre["e]ngaging.]
To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;
to preoccupy.
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But he was pre["e]ngaged by former ties. --Dryden.
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Unengaging
(gcide) | Unengaging \Unengaging\
See engaging. |
engagingly
(wn) | engagingly
adv 1: in an engaging manner; "she played the role engagingly"
[syn: winsomely, engagingly] |
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