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 Engagement \En*gage"ment\, n. [Cf. F. engagement.]
   1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or
      entering into contest.
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   2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif.,
      a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.
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   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.
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            Religion, which is the chief engagement of our
            league.                               --Milton.
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   4. (Mil.) An action; a fight; a battle.
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            In hot engagement with the Moors.     --Dryden.
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   5. (Mach.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a
      clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

   Syn: Vocation; business; employment; occupation; promise;
        stipulation; betrothal; word; battle; combat; fight;
        contest; conflict. See {Battle}.
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