English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of engage

engage

/verb/ लगाना; लगना; संलग्न होना; काम में लगाना; वचनबद्ध करना; काम पर लगाना; लड़ना; किराये पर करना; सगाई में

Synonym Adhibit; cleave; Engage; wield; sign on; fight; betroth; encompass; undertake; ply;

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English Dictionary:

1. Engage

[v. i.]

- To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
- To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
- To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
- To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

2. Engage

[v. t.]

- 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.
- 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.
- To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
- To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
- To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
- 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.