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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

engaging
    adj 1: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a
           piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging,
           piquant]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
   Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
   engaging manners or address. -- En*ga"ging*ly, adv. --
   En*ga"ging*ness, n.
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   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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encaged; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Engaging.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
   To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engaged; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Engaging.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge,
   pawn. See Gage.]
   1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations
      to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or
      promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee
      engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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   2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to
      enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage
      men for service.
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   3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
      draw.
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            Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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   4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
      engross; to draw on.
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            Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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            Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
            him in conversation.                  --Hawthorne.
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   5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
      conflict.
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            A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
                                                  --Ludlow.
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   6. (Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one
      cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch
      engages the other part.
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Thesaurus Results for Engaging:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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