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Grammar : Adj
Spell : en-geyjd
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgeɪdʒd



Definition of engaged

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to pledge," from Middle French engagier, from Old French en gage "under pledge," from en "make" + gage "pledge," through Frankish from Proto-Germanic *wadiare "pledge" (see wed).
  • It shows the common evolution of Germanic -w- to French -g-; cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Meaning "attract the attention of" is from 1640s; that of "employ" is from 1640s, from notion of "binding as by a pledge." Specific sense of "promise to marry" is 1610s (implied in engaged).
  • adj promised to be married
  • adj operating; busy
Example sentences :
  • Plainly, too, he was a man of action and a man who engaged all her instinctive liking.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Then after she was engaged to Shepler they talked him out of it.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • My granddaughter, you may have heard, is engaged to an Englishman.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • While engaged with her father, she would cut wood, haul logs, etc.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • On the 23rd we were engaged making preparations for a start for Eucla.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • If he had engaged himself to a handsome schoolmistress, it was his fancy, and he could afford it.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Our peace with the power with whom we had been engaged had also been concluded.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • The former is engaged in commerce and the latter is the popular member for Leeds.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • You ask, Why may not your brother be first engaged in wedlock?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Should the eye be disgusted, when the heart is to be engaged?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

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