- 2. Free, emancipate, manumit, release, set free, make free, restore to liberty.
Engage, v. a.
- 1. Pledge, commit, promise, bind, put under pledge.
- 2. Plight, affiance, betroth, promise or pledge in marriage.
- 3. Enlist, induce to serve.
- 4. Gain, win, attach, attract, allure, entertain, draw, fix, arrest, gain over.
- 5. Occupy, employ, busy, engross.
- 6. Attack, encounter, fight with, join battle with.
Engage, v. n.
- 1. Fight, combat, contend, struggle, contest, join battle.
- 2. Embark, enlist, take the first step.
- 3. Promise, agree, stipulate, bargain, undertake, pledge one’s word, plight one’s word, pass one’s word,
pledge one’s self, become bound, be sworn, take upon one’s self.
Engagement, n.
- 1. Promise, stipulation, assurance, contract, pledge, obligation.
- 2. Plighting, betrothal, betrothment, affiancing.
- 3. Employment, occupation, business, calling, vocation, avocation.
- 4. Battle, conflict, combat, contest, action, fight, encounter, rencounter.
Engaging, a. Attractive, winning, captivating, charming, taking, pleasing.
Engender, v. a.
- 1. Generate, beget, procreate, breed.
- 2. Produce, cause, occasion, beget, generate, breed, give rise to, call forth.