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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 fight
.
Engaged column
.
(Arch.)
Same as
Attached column
. See under
Attach
,
Verb.
T.

Webster 1828 Edition


Engaged

ENGA'GED

,
pp.
or a. Pledged; promised; enlisted; gained and attached; attracted and fixed; embarked; earnestly employed; zealous.

Definition 2024


engaged

engaged

English

Verb

engaged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of engage

Adjective

engaged (not comparable)

  1. Agreed to be married.
  2. Busy or employed.
  3. (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.
  4. (architecture, of a column) attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
  5. (of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
  6. (military) being attacked or attacking

Synonyms

  • (of a telephone): (US) busy

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