Engaged
[ɪn'geɪdʒd;en-] or [ɪn'gedʒd]
Definition
(adj.) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; 'she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities'; 'deeply engaged in conversation' .
(adj.) built against or attached to a wall; 'engaged columns' .
(adj.) having services contracted for; 'the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick' .
(adj.) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; 'the gears are engaged'; 'meshed gears'; 'intermeshed twin rotors' .
(adj.) involved in military hostilities; 'the desperately engaged ships continued the fight' .
Edited by Bessie--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Engage
(a.) Occupied; employed; busy.
(a.) Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
(a.) Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
(a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
Inputed by Celia
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Occupied, employed, selected, intent, chosen, affianced, betrothed
ANT:Free, unemployed, disengaged, unaffianced
Typist: Morton
Examples
- It would be better to have the garrisons engaged there added to Butler's command. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The men engaged in the Mexican war were brave, and the officers of the regular army, from highest to lowest, were educated in their profession. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The troops engaged in them will have to look to the detailed reports of their individual commanders for the full history of those deeds. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You notice where he is now, and how engaged? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I had no idea that Mr. Betteredge was engaged. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In a sense this is true, for no one is more impatient or intolerant of interruption when deeply engaged in some line of experiment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- She was engaged to breakfast that morning with the Duchess of Beltshire, and at twelve o'clock she asked to be set ashore in the gig. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- She is engaged to be married to a most worthy and deserving man in her own station of life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Her nature was represented to us, when we engaged her, as being feebly expressed in her name. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And yet some of the brightest intellects of the century have been engaged in devising means to accomplish the result, and all are not yet agreed as to which is the best way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- So he engaged Dritzhn. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I told you Munden's day was over, and that he would not fill the house, before you engaged him for to-night, said George Lamb. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A private sitting-room having been engaged, bedrooms inspected, and dinner ordered, the party walked out to view the city and adjoining neighbourhood. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Warren was not aware of his presence, but probably supposed it was the cavalry which Merritt had engaged earlier in the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So far, only our cavalry and the advance of Lee's army were engaged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I answered-- I did not wish to disturb you, as you seemed engaged, sir. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- When they present themselves in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mr. Tulkinghorn is engaged and not to be seen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You are engaged, said I; perhaps I interrupt you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Royal Personage declared with an oath that she was perfection, and engaged her again and again in conversation. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He asked to be relieved from further duty in the capacity in which he was engaged and his request was granted. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Of course I should do no such thing, said Wildeve But they are not engaged yet. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Science was valid, art was valid, the poorest grubber in a laboratory was engaged in a real labor, anyone who had found expression in some beautiful object was truly centered. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I love my love with an E, because she's enticing; I hate her with an E, because she's engaged. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Mr. Lorry readily engaged for that, and the conference was ended. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The summer months passed while I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- At last however I got a hearing, and, as I suspected would be the case, was immediately engaged. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I can't stay, because I'm engaged to some fellows to-night. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Of course the assault was a failure, and of course the loss on our side was great for the number of men engaged. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That a certain amount of labor must be engaged in goes without saying. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Morton