engage
suomi-englanti sanakirjaengage englannista suomeksi
suorittaa
kytkeä
ottaa palvelukseen
vaatia kokonaan
ryhtyä
palkata
kihlata
ottaa työhön
Verbi
viedä mielenkiinto">viedä mielenkiinto to hold the attention; työllistää to keep busy
sitoutua, lupautua generally; mennä kihloihin to promise to marry
engage englanniksi
''To interact socially.''
To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
(RQ:Pope Works 1751)
To draw into conversation.
(RQ:Hawthorne Scarlet Letter)
(quote-journal)
(RQ:Spectator)
''To interact antagonistically.''
1698-1699, (w), ''Memoirs''
- a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
(quote-av)
To enter into battle.
''To interact contractually.''
(RQ:Orczy Miss Elliott)
To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, ''especially'' to marry) (qualifier).
(ux)
(RQ:d'Urfey Old Mode) Love is a ſort of Devotion too, and not only ſhould beget Reſpect, but likevviſe ingage Patience.
To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
''To interact mechanically.''
To come into gear with.
The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
To enter into (an activity), to participate (''construed with'' (m)).
(RQ:Hough Purchase Price)
To entangle.
(inflection of)