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engaged

[ en-geyjd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

busy or occupied; involved:
deeply engaged in conversation.
pledged to be married; betrothed:
an engaged couple.
under engagement; pledged:
an engaged contractor.
entered into conflict with:
desperately engaged armies.
Mechanics.
1. interlocked.
2. (of wheels) in gear with each other.
Architecture. (of a distinct member) built so as to be truly or seemingly attached in part to the structure before which it stands:
an engaged column.

engaged

/ ɪnˈɡeɪdʒɪdlɪ; ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd /

pledged to be married; betrothed
employed, occupied, or busy
architect built against or attached to a wall or similar structure
an engaged column
(of a telephone line) already in use

Origin of engaged¹

First recorded in 1605–15; engage + -ed ²

Jennie met Randolph Churchill in 1873 at a ball; three days later they were engaged.

“After we got engaged, she only made things harder,” explains Sabrine.

I also think we could have another talk with Fincher who may be difficult but is brilliant and already engaged.

There were no allegations that the jailers engaged in desecrating Islam.

If a Queen did cheat, her crimes fade into insignificance compared to the extensive philandering engaged in by medieval monarchs.

The crowd shuffled off in all directions, and then engaged in a confused struggle for the chairs.

One evening, while he was thus engaged, he observed de Patinos and Duke Wharton enter together.

At another time her affections were deeply engaged by a young gentleman who visited a lady on a neighboring plantation.

In truth, it was so intently engaged with a sleeping seal that it had not observed the approach of the sledge.

When you engaged yourself to the young woman you were poor and a nobody, and the step was perhaps excusable.

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