Engagement
Definition of Engagement
En`gage´ment | n. | 1. | The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest. | | 2. | The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife. | | 3. | That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office. | | 4. | (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle. | | 5. | (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part. |
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