engage
• verb 1 attract or involve (someone’s interest or attention). 2 (engage in/with) participate or become involved in. 3 chiefly Brit. employ or hire. 4 enter into a contract to do. 5 enter into combat with. 6 (with reference to a part of a machine or engine) move into position so as to come into operation. — ORIGIN originally in the sense pawn or pledge : from French engager, ultimately from GAGE1.
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