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(1):

(n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office.

(2):

(n.) The state of being in gear; as, one part of a clutch is brought into engagement with the other part.

(3):

(n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest.

(4):

(n.) The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take some one as husband or wife.

(5):

(n.) An action; a fight; a battle.