noun.
The act of engaging, binding, or pledging, or the state of being engaged, bound, or pledged.
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That to which one is engaged or pledged; an agreement; an appointment; a contract; an undertaking: as, he failed to fulfil his engagement.
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Specifically The state of having entered into a contract of marriage; betrothal: as, their engagement has been announced.
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That which engages or binds; obligation.
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Strong attachment or adherence; partiality; bias; partizanship.
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Occupation; employment of the attention; affair of business.
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In machinery, the act or state of meshing together and acting upon each other: as, the engagement of geared wheels.
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A combat between armies or fleets; a fight; a conflict; a battle.
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In fencing, the joining of weapons with an adversary: as, an engagement in carte, tierce, etc. Rolando (ed. Forsyth).
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Synonyms Pledge, etc. (see promise, n.), contract.
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Conflict, Fight, etc. See battle.