Engagement

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An action; a fight; a battle.

II. Engagement ·noun The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

III. Engagement ·noun The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

IV. Engagement ·noun The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

V. Engagement ·noun That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

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