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Webster 1913 Edition
Engaged
En-gaged′
,Adj.
1.
Occupied; employed; busy.
2.
Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
3.
Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
4.
Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter;
as, the
. engaged
ships continued the fightWebster 1828 Edition
Engaged
ENGA'GED
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Definition 2024
engaged
engaged
English
Verb
engaged
- simple past tense and past participle of engage
Adjective
engaged (not comparable)
- Agreed to be married.
- Busy or employed.
- (Britain) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls
- I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
- (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
- (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
- (military) being attacked or attacking
Synonyms
- (of a telephone): (US) busy
Related terms
See also
Translations
agreed to be married
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already involved in a telephone call