Etymology: [ in-gAj, en- ] (verb.) 15th century. From Old (and modern) French engager (from the same base as English wage) from en- + Old French gage "pledge", of Germanic origin, from Frankish *waddi, wadja (cognate with Old English wedd), from Proto-Germanic *wadjo, *wadi- (“pledge”) from Proto-Indo-European *wadh- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge”). Akin to Old Norse veþja "to pledge", Gothic wadi. More at wed.
Synonyms: appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board, charter, come on board, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain
To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc), To enter into battle, To enter into conflict with (an enemy), To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone), To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch), To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in), To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land), To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive), To guarantee or promise (to do something), To draw into conversation, To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied, keep busy, occupy; employ; attract; commit, bind (to fulfill an obligation); enter into a fight, get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" keep engaged; "engaged the gears" as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer, To employ or obtain the services of someone, To engross or hold the attention of someone, To keep busy or occupied, To attract, to draw into conversation, To bring together or prepare before fighting, To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch.), To fascinate or win over someone, To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line, engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?", If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation, If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others, If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. I have never engaged in the drug trade, To bring the enemy under fire, If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer, carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion", When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. see also engaged, engaging, When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive, engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely", If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life + engagement en·gage·ment And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts, in air defense, a fire control order used to direct, give to in marriage, To make contact blade-to-blade, as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe", get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged", keep engaged; "engaged the gears", as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe", as of aid, help, services, or support, [1] to come into contact and be locked together (with another part), In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target, A controller being able to share data and facilities in asaid to be engaged in the collaboration area, and the collaborationto engage the controller, – At this step, Associations are starting to use technology to build relationships Rather than simply communicating, community is being developed and a true sense of belonging You’re taking the web to the next level and developing a truly individualized member experience Members are able to get the information their looking for more quickly The Association is able to get to know the member better Dividends are paid in member satisfaction, more likely renewals, and more interaction with the organization, engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?", To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together, ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer, 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, 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, To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle, To enter into (an activity), to participate (+ in.), To guarantee or promise (to do something.), To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict, 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, To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant, To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on, 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, ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer", To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw, Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it, Busy or employed, Agreed to be married, attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway, in contact and in operation, Simple past tense and past participle of engage, Present participle of to engage, Interesting; charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour, Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest, Involved; esp, Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed, involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight, Having another call on a telephone, having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation", past of engage, Occupied; employed; busy, Of a column or pilaster: attached to a wall, If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else, involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight", If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. The line is engaged, built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns", betrothed; busy (about a telephone line); occupied, involved, Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. They found the three engaged in target practice. the various projects he was engaged on, reserved in advance, When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday, having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick", (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal", (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors", involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight, pledged to be married; "the engaged couple", Actively fighting one or more opponents in melee combat (Held, unconscious, or otherwise immobilized characters are not considered engaged unless they are actually being attacked ), having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns" having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick" (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors" involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight, Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address, attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes", attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes, delightful, captivating, enchanting, An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. one of her most engaging and least known novels He was engaging company. pleasant and attracting your interest, in an engaging manner; "she played the role engagingly", delightfully, charmingly, captivatingly, In an engaging manner, (French) committed to a specific cause from a moral point of view; committed to an ideology,
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To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc)
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To enter into battle
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To enter into conflict with (an enemy)
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To attract, to please; to fascinate or win over (someone)
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To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch) - "Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out."
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To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in)
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To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land) - "Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage."
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To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive) - "They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year."
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To guarantee or promise (to do something)
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To draw into conversation
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To engross or hold the attention of (someone); to keep busy or occupied
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keep busy, occupy; employ; attract; commit, bind (to fulfill an obligation); enter into a fight fiil
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get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged" keep engaged; "engaged the gears" as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe" ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer
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To employ or obtain the services of someone
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To engross or hold the attention of someone
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To keep busy or occupied
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To attract, to draw into conversation
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To bring together or prepare before fighting
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To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch.)
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To fascinate or win over someone
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To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line
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engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in the department"; "How many people has she employed?"
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If you engage someone in conversation, you have a conversation with them. They tried to engage him in conversation
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If something engages you or your attention or interest, it keeps you interested in it and thinking about it. They never learned skills to engage the attention of the others
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If you engage in an activity, you do it or are actively involved with it. I have never engaged in the drug trade
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To bring the enemy under fire
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If you engage someone to do a particular job, you appoint them to do it. We engaged the services of a recognised engineer
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carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"
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When a military force engages the enemy, it attacks them and starts a battle. It could engage the enemy beyond the range of hostile torpedoes. see also engaged, engaging
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When a part of a machine or other mechanism engages or when you engage it, it moves into a position where it fits into something else. Press the lever until you hear the catch engage. a lesson in how to engage the four-wheel drive
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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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If you engage with something or with a group of people, you get involved with that thing or group and feel that you are connected with it or have real contact with it. She found it hard to engage with office life + engagement en·gage·ment And she, too, suffers from a lack of critical engagement with the literary texts
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in air defense, a fire control order used to direct
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give to in marriage
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To make contact blade-to-blade
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as of aid, help, services, or support as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"
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keep engaged; "engaged the gears"
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as of wars, battles, or campaigns; "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
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as of aid, help, services, or support
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[1] to come into contact and be locked together (with another part)
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In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target
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A controller being able to share data and facilities in asaid to be engaged in the collaboration area, and the collaborationto engage the controller
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– At this step, Associations are starting to use technology to build relationships Rather than simply communicating, community is being developed and a true sense of belonging You’re taking the web to the next level and developing a truly individualized member experience Members are able to get the information their looking for more quickly The Association is able to get to know the member better Dividends are paid in member satisfaction, more likely renewals, and more interaction with the organization
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engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
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To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together
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ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer
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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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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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To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle
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To enter into (an activity), to participate (+ in.)
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To guarantee or promise (to do something.)
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To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict
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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
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To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant
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To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on
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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
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ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"
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To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw
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engaged
Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls it
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engaged
Busy or employed
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engaged
Agreed to be married
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engaged
attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
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engaged
in contact and in operation
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engaged
Simple past tense and past participle of engage
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engaging
Present participle of to engage
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engaging
Interesting; charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour
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Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest
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Involved; esp
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engaged
Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed
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engaged
involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight
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engaged
Having another call on a telephone
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having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
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engaged
past of engage
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engaged
Occupied; employed; busy
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Of a column or pilaster: attached to a wall
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If a public toilet is engaged, it is already being used by someone else
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engaged
involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
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If a telephone or a telephone line is engaged, it is already being used by someone else so that you are unable to speak to the person you are phoning. The line is engaged
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engaged
built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
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engaged
betrothed; busy (about a telephone line); occupied, involved sıfat
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Someone who is engaged in or engaged on a particular activity is doing that thing. They found the three engaged in target practice. the various projects he was engaged on
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engaged
reserved in advance
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When two people are engaged, they have agreed to marry each other. We got engaged on my eighteenth birthday
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engaged
having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
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engaged
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
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(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
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engaged
involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
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pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
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engaged
Actively fighting one or more opponents in melee combat (Held, unconscious, or otherwise immobilized characters are not considered engaged unless they are actually being attacked )
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having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns" having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick" (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors" involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
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engaging
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address
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attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes"
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attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes
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engaging
delightful, captivating, enchanting sıfat
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engaging
An engaging person or thing is pleasant, interesting, and entertaining. one of her most engaging and least known novels He was engaging company. pleasant and attracting your interest
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engagingly
in an engaging manner; "she played the role engagingly"
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engagingly
delightfully, charmingly, captivatingly
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engagingly
In an engaging manner
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engagé
(French) committed to a specific cause from a moral point of view; committed to an ideology sıfat
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