5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. [1913 Webster] Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. [1913 Webster] Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] 5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict. [1913 Webster] A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. --Ludlow. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: engaging adj : attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: {piquant}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 81 Moby Thesaurus words for "engaging": absorbing, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither, consuming, coquettish, delightful, dulcet, enchanting, engagement, engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, friendly, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing, hiring, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likeable, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, mouth-watering, obsessing, obsessive, open, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching
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