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engaged definition

en·gaged (en gājd′, in-)

adjective

  1. pledged; esp., pledged in marriage; betrothed an engaged couple
  2. not at leisure; occupied; employed; busy
    1. involved in combat, as troops
    2. voluntarily committed or personally involved
  4. attached to or partly set into a wall, etc. engaged columns
  5. in gear; interlocked; meshed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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