Engage: alternatives and connections

To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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To inclose; to infold.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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Jet, the mineral.

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See Here, pron.

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To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To bring into possession; to cause to accrue to, or to come into possession of; to acquire or provide for one's self or for another; to gain; to get;…

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Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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A solemn promise made to God, or to some deity; an act by which one consecrates or devotes himself, absolutely or conditionally, wholly or in part, f…

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To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

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To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

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A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron.

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To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Frequently repeated or customary action; habitual performance; a succession of acts of a similar kind; usage; habit; custom; as, the practice of risi…

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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One of several species of small rodents of the genus Mus and allied genera, larger than mice, that infest houses, stores, and ships, especially the N…

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To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spi…

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To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down…

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Pay; reward.

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That by which anything is made known or represented; that which furnishes evidence; a mark; a token; an indication; a proof.

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A contract under, or subordinate to, a previous contract.

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A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

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The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed;…

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The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed;…

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The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

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The state or quality of being intent; close application; attention.

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The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

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The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

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The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

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The act of pursuing or prosecuting; a following out or after.

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of Rend

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of Rend

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A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

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A schedule, account, or list of rents, with the names of the tenants, etc.; a rent roll.

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One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or…

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One who holds or possesses lands, or other real estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in common, in severalty, for life, for years, or…

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To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.

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Plighted faith; marriage contract or promise.

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To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman.

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A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.

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To inclose; to infold.

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To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.

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To enter on a list; to enroll; to register.

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See Here, pron.

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To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.

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A tuft of hair; a flock or small quantity of wool, hay, or other like substance; a tress or ringlet of hair.

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The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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To perform a work or labor; to exert power or strengh, physical or mechanical; to act.

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imp. & p. p. of Plight, to pledge.

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To follow or pursue with a view to reach, execute, or accomplish; to endeavor to obtain or complete; to carry on; to continue; as, to prosecute a sch…

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To follow with a view to overtake; to follow eagerly, or with haste; to chase; as, to pursue a hare.

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of Rend

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Taken.

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To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar.

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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear;…

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To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear;…

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