engage
To interact socially.
Verb 4 meanings
To interact socially.
To interact antagonistically.
“1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy”
To interact contractually.
To interact mechanically.
“Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.”
Etymology
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Old French en- (“in, under”) + gage (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage.
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ENGAGE at a glance
ENGAGE has 6 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (E 1 + N 1 + G 2 + A 1 + G 2 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,803 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with engage
All rhymesOne letter away
- ENRAGE7
- ENCAGE9
- ENNAGE7
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