Definitions for: Engaged


[adj] having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"
[adj] pledged to be married; "the engaged couple"
[adj] having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"
[adj] (architecture) built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"
[adj] (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"
[adj] involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"
[adj] (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line); "her line is busy"; "receptionists' telephones are always engaged"; "the lavatory is in use"; "kept getting a busy signal"
[adj] reserved in advance



Webster (1913) Definition: En*gaged", a.
1. Occupied; employed; busy.

2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections
pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the
engaged ships continued the fight.

Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See
under Attach, v. t.

Synonyms: affianced, attached, bespoken, betrothed, booked, busy, committed, connected, employed, geared, in use(p), intermeshed, involved, meshed, occupied, pledged, reserved, set-aside(p)

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