engage

Definition

  • verb: to hire (someone) to perform a particular service
  • verb: to offer (as one's word) as security for a debt or cause
  • synonyms: enlist, draw, occupy

Examples

  • I suggest you 'engage' the services of a lawyer. [=I suggest you hire a lawyer]

  • She 'engaged' him 'in' conversation. [=she started a conversation with him]

  • The book fails to 'engage with' the problems of our time.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) almost has a smell. Knowing that something so evil was so close I couldn't just ignore it. Smoke, Sir. The southeast. Your Majesty, I urge you to engage the Guardian with all haste. - They've reached Elwynn Forest. - The Grand Hamlet is burning. - What? - Stop requesting Callan. (..)
    2016 Warcraft