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

  • (..) mock your opponent in this fashion? Let him die quickly! With some honor still intact! Coward! Kill me yourself! Balls! King must never engage in a direct battle. Kill the invader now. Do it quickly! Put his head on a spear. - Stop! My lord, the king must not engage in a direct battle. (..)
    2007 Beowulf