Antonyms for engages
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : en-geyj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgeɪdʒ |
- banish
- bore
- break
- break off
- break up
- cancel
- decline
- defuse
- deny
- detach
- disagree
- disavow
- discharge
- disconnect
- disenchant
- disgust
- disinterest
- dismiss
- disunite
- eject
- expel
- fail
- fall behind
- fire
- forget
- free
- give
- give up
- ignore
- let go
- let off
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- neglect
- offend
- oust
- refuse
- reject
- release
- repel
- repulse
- retreat
- shun
- spend
- surrender
- turn off
- unfasten
- unlink
- untie
- yield
Definition of engages
Origin :- early 15c., "to pledge," from Middle French engagier, from Old French en gage "under pledge," from en "make" + gage "pledge," through Frankish from Proto-Germanic *wadiare "pledge" (see wed).
- It shows the common evolution of Germanic -w- to French -g-; cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Meaning "attract the attention of" is from 1640s; that of "employ" is from 1640s, from notion of "binding as by a pledge." Specific sense of "promise to marry" is 1610s (implied in engaged).
- verb hire for job, use
- verb occupy oneself; engross
- verb promise to marry
- verb start a fight; attack
- verb interconnect; bring into operation
- I've brought another, which engages to give every satigefaction.'
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- This shall be the second law: He who engages in retail trade must be either a metic or a stranger.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- He engages in the raising of chickens, hogs, cattle, and horses.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- Not done with: he engages to surpass All yet performed in Ireland.
- Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
- In this story it is the new navy, with all of its progress and development, which engages our attention.
- Extract from : « Breaking Away » by Oliver Optic
- Neptune engages on the Grecian side, and the battle proceeds.
- Extract from : « The Iliad of Homer (1873) » by Homer
- Engages with friends to search South Sea Islands for treasures.
- Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay
- He engages at his own expense an artist at 200 pounds a year to go with him.
- Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume I (of II) » by Charles Darwin
- The man who engages in it is stamped with everlasting infamy.
- Extract from : « Select Temperance Tracts » by American Tract Society
- For the moment, the problem that engages our attention is of a psychological order.
- Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
Synonyms for engages
- absorb
- activate
- affiance
- agree
- allure
- apply
- appoint
- arrest
- assail
- assault
- attach
- bespeak
- betroth
- bewitch
- bind
- book
- bring on board
- busy
- captivate
- catch
- charm
- charter
- combat
- come on board
- commission
- commit
- contract
- covenant
- do battle with
- dovetail
- draw
- embark on
- employ
- enamor
- enchant
- encounter
- energize
- enlist
- enroll
- enter into
- enthrall
- face
- fall on
- fascinate
- fasten
- get going
- give a try
- give a whirl
- give battle to
- give one's word
- go for broke
- go in for
- go out for
- grip
- guarantee
- have a fling at
- have a go at
- have a shot at
- hook
- imbue
- immerse
- ink
- interact
- interest
- interlace
- interlock
- intermesh
- interplay
- involve
- join
- join battle with
- keep busy
- launch
- lease
- lock
- meet
- mesh
- monopolize
- obligate
- oblige
- partake
- participate
- pass
- pitch in
- place
- pledge
- practice
- prearrange
- preengage
- preoccupy
- put on
- rent
- reserve
- retain
- secure
- set about
- sign on
- sign up
- soak
- strike
- switch on
- tackle
- take on
- take part
- tie
- tie up
- troth
- truck with
- try on for size
- turn on
- undertake
- vouch
- vow
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