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Webster 1913 Edition


Engaging

En-ga′ging

,
Adj.
Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive;
as,
engaging
manners or address
.
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En-ga′ging-ly
,
adv.
–
En-ga′ging-ness
,
Noun.
Engaging and disengaging gear
or
Engaging and disengaging machinery
,
that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

Webster 1828 Edition


Engaging

ENGA'GING

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ppr.
Pawning; making liable for debt; enlisting; bringing into a party or cause; promising; binding; winning and attaching; encountering; embarking.
1.
Winning; attractive; tending to draw the attention or the affections; pleasing; as engaging manners or address.