engage

Meaning

1. To interact socially.
2. To interact socially.
3. To interact socially.
4. To interact antagonistically.
5. To interact antagonistically.
6. To interact contractually.
7. To interact contractually.
8. To interact contractually.
9. (obsolete) To interact contractually.
10. To interact mechanically.
11. To interact mechanically.
12. To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
13. (obsolete) To entangle.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.