engage
 en·gage (ĕn-gājʹ)v. en·gaged, en·gag·ing, en·gag·esv. tr.
1. To obtain or contract for the services of; employ:
engage a carpenter.
2. To arrange for the use of; reserve:
engage a room.
See Synonyms at book.
3. To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
4. To attract and hold the attention of; engross:
a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
5. To win over or attract:
His smile engages everyone he meets.
6. To draw into; involve:
engage a shy person in conversation.
7. To require the use of; occupy:
Studying engages most of my time.
8. To enter or bring into conflict with:
We have engaged the enemy.
9. To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh:
engage the automobile's clutch.
10. To give or take as security.v. intr.
1. To involve oneself or become occupied; participate:
engage in conversation.
2. To assume an obligation; agree.
3. To enter into conflict or battle:
The armies engaged at dawn.
4. To become meshed or interlocked:
The gears engaged. [Middle English engagen, to pledge something as security for repayment of debt, from Old French engagier: en-, in; see en-1 + gage, pledge of Germanic origin.] en·gagʹer n.
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