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{
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of “to cause to mesh or interlock”",
"word": "disengage"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
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{
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"t": "to pledge, engage"
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{
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"t": "to pledge, secure"
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{
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{
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},
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{
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"3": "",
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"3": "",
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},
{
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"3": "",
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"etymology_text": "From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadjōn (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadjōną (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- + gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.",
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{
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
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"past"
]
},
{
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}
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1712 (date written), Alexander Pope, “Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, in Imitation of Virgil’s Pollio.”, in The Works of Alexander Pope Esq. […], volume I, London: […] J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton, H. Lintot, J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, and S. Draper, published 1751, →OCLC, page 40, lines 55–56:",
"text": "Thus ſhall mankind his guardian care engage, / The promis'd father of the future age.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact socially.",
"To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied."
],
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[
"engross",
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],
[
"hold",
"hold"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To interact socially.",
"(transitive) To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied."
],
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],
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{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "angažiram",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "ангажирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "fi",
"english": "to hold the attention",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "viedä mielenkiinto"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "fi",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "työllistää"
},
{
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "attirer l’attention"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "beschäftigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "leköt"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "attirare"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "convergere"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "angażować"
},
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"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
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"word": "zaangażować"
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"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "angažirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "atraer"
},
{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"word": "interesar"
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{
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "captivar"
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{
"_dis1": "70 3 3 3 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 4 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engross or hold the attention of someone",
"word": "cautivar"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Introductory”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:",
"text": "the difficult task of engaging him in conversation",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2022 September 21, Christian Wolmar, “Trevelyan must 'give a damn' and engage with the railway”, in RAIL, number 966, page 45:",
"text": "Shapps refused to engage with the unions and claimed that the industrial disputes were nothing to do with him, despite controlling the purse strings.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To interact socially.",
"To draw into conversation."
],
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[
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[
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]
],
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"To interact socially.",
"(transitive, intransitive) To draw into conversation."
],
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"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "vetää keskusteluun"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "anstellen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "intavolare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "angażować"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "zaangażować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "trabar conversación con"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "interactuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "interrelacionar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "involucrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 64 2 6 7 1 1 1 1 1 7 8 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to draw into conversation",
"word": "entablar"
}
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},
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"ref": "1711 July 13 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “MONDAY, July 2, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 106; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 74:",
"text": "This humanity and good nature engages every body to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them all his family are in a good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with: […]",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact socially.",
"To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone)."
],
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[
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"please"
],
[
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"fascinate"
],
[
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"win over"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "kiehtoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "irretire"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "attirare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "convogliare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "fruor"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "angażować"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 3 74 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 3 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "zaangażować"
}
]
},
{
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"examples": [
{
"text": "1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs\na favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy"
},
{
"ref": "2018 December 12, Drachinifel, 5:45 from the start, in HMAS Sydney - Legendary fights with Angry Australians, archived from the original on 2022-12-09:",
"text": "Having failed to become the first warship to shoot down another planet, the fleet would then engage the Italian cruiser screen the next afternoon, with Sydney not scoring any hits on its opposite numbers but managing to damage an Italian destroyer.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact antagonistically.",
"To enter into conflict with (an enemy)."
],
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"links": [
[
"enter",
"enter"
],
[
"conflict",
"conflict"
],
[
"enemy",
"enemy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To interact antagonistically.",
"(transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "napadnout"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "angribe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "imødegå"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "hyökätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "ryhtyä taisteluun"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "angreifen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"note": "with mit",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"tags": [
"reflexive"
],
"word": "anlegen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "upustiti se"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "trabar batalla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "librar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 4 1 40 20 1 1 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "reñir"
}
]
},
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact antagonistically.",
"To enter into battle."
],
"id": "en-engage-en-verb-Kcp9NNry",
"links": [
[
"battle",
"battle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To interact antagonistically.",
"(intransitive) To enter into battle."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 5 1 17 42 1 2 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "joutua taisteluun"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 1 17 42 1 2 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "engager"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 1 17 42 1 2 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "harcba bocsátkozik"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 1 17 42 1 2 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 5 1 17 42 1 2 1 1 1 5 23 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "trabar batalla"
}
]
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{
"ref": "1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020:",
"text": "For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To interact contractually.",
"To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.)."
],
"id": "en-engage-en-verb-A8aGA00t",
"links": [
[
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"arrange"
],
[
"employ",
"employ"
],
[
"use",
"use"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"To interact contractually.",
"(transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naemam",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "наемам"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engaĝi"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "palkata"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "fi",
"english": "employee",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "työllistää"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "fi",
"english": "space",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "vuokrata"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engager"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engajar"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 4 9 4 4 49 3 3 3 3 5 5 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
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"sense": "to draw into conversation",
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"word": "entablar"
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to attract, to please",
"word": "kiehtoa"
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{
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"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "napadnout"
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"word": "hyökätä"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
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"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
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"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "upustiti se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "trabar batalla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "librar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into conflict with an enemy",
"word": "reñir"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "joutua taisteluun"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "engager"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "harcba bocsátkozik"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intransitive: to enter into battle",
"word": "trabar batalla"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naemam",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "наемам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engaĝi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "palkata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "employee",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "työllistää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "space",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "vuokrata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engager"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "engajar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "ingaggiare"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "fastaidh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "angažirati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "contratar"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zadíjuvaty",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "заді́ювати"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "najmáty",
"sense": "to employ or obtain the services of someone",
"word": "найма́ти"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zacepvam",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "зацепвам"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "käyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "embrayer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "einrasten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "ineinander greifen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "impegolarsi"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "uplesti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "embragar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "engranar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "acoplar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "enclochar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "endentar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to mesh or interlock",
"word": "encastrar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "ryhtyä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "eingreifen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "belefog"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "attivare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "partecipare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "aderire"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "angażować się"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaangażować się"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "angažirati se"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "activar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "entablar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "emprender"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "iniciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "prestarse"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to enter into an activity",
"word": "acometer"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "luvata"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "verpflichten"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "assicurare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "garantire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "dare la parola"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to guarantee or promise to do something",
"word": "comprometer-se"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "nšanel",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "նշանել"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zadǎlžavam",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "задължавам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "verloven"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "sitoutua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "generally",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "lupautua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "to promise to marry",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "mennä kihloihin"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "fidanzarsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "impegnarsi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "engajar"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mân",
"sense": "to bind through legal or moral obligation",
"word": "หมั้น"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to pledge one's property",
"word": "pantata"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to pledge one's property",
"word": "impegnare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"engage"
],
"word": "engage"
}
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