Definition as Verb

• ask to represent; of legal counsel
• get caught
• consume all of one's attention or time
• give to in marriage
• hire for work or assistance
• engage or hire for work
• engage for service under a term of contract
• keep engaged
• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
• carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)

• absorb, engross, occupy

• betroth, affiance, plight

• enlist

• hire, employ

• lease, rent, hire, charter, take

• mesh, lock, operate

• prosecute, pursue

• wage

• "I'm retaining a lawyer"

• "make sure the gear is engaged"

• "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"

• "engage aid, help, services, or support"

• "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"

• "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

• "engaged the gears"

• "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

• "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"

• Engage vs absorb
• Engage vs engross
• Engage vs occupy
• Engage vs betroth
• Engage vs affiance
• Engage vs plight
• Engage vs enlist
• Engage vs hire
• Engage vs employ
• Engage vs lease
• Engage vs rent
• Engage vs charter
• Engage vs take
• Engage vs mesh
• Engage vs lock
• Engage vs operate
• Engage vs prosecute
• Engage vs pursue
• Engage vs wage