engaging

5 definitions found

engaging - 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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  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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  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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engaging - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

engaging - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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