Part 3779

<hw>En*free"dom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To set free.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Enfreeze</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*freeze"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To freeze; to congeal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Thou hast <b>enfrozened</b> her disdainful breast. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Enfroward</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*fro"ward</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make froward, perverse, or ungovernable.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir E. Sandys.</i>

<h1>Engage</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*gage"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engaged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engaging</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>engager</ets>; pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>gage</ets> pledge, pawn. See <er>Gage</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> "I to thee <i>engaged</i> a prince's word."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; <as>as, to <ex>engage</ex> friends to aid in a cause; to <ex>engage</ex> men for service.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.</def>

<blockquote>Good nature <b>engages</b> everybody to him. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.</def>

<blockquote>Thus shall mankind his guardian care <b>engage</b>. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Taking upon himself the difficult task of <b>engaging</b> him in conversation. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.</def>

<blockquote>A favorable opportunity of <b>engaging</b> the enemy. <i>Ludlow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To come into gear with; <as>as, the teeth of one cogwheel <ex>engage</ex> those of another, or one part of a clutch <ex>engages</ex> the other part</as>.</def>

<h1>Engage</h1> <Xpage=492>

<hw>En*gage"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.</def>

<blockquote>How proper the remedy for the malady, I <b>engage</b> not. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; <as>as, to <ex>engage</ex> in controversy</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To enter into conflict; to join battle; <as>as, the armies <ex>engaged</ex> in a general battle</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.</def>