Definitions for the word, engage

(v. i.) To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

(v. i.) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

(v. i.) To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

(v. i.) To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

(v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

(v. t.) 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.


26 words found in the Scrabble word, engage



Scrabble letter values
A is 1 points
B is 3 points
C is 3 points
D is 2 points
E is 1 points
F is 4 points
G is 2 points
H is 4 points
I is 1 points
J is 8 points
K is 5 points
L is 1 points
M is 3 points
N is 1 points
O is 1 points
P is 3 points
Q is 10 points
R is 1 points
S is 1 points
T is 1 points
U is 1 points
V is 4 points
W is 4 points
X is 8 points
Y is 4 points
Z is 10 points



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