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engage
in
The Looking Glass Wars
(Edited)

And how many times had she been disappointed, seeing only misfits engaged in sloppy, inefficient military maneuvers?
p. 52.5

engaged = involved
Flares zoomed through the night, illuminating figures engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
p. 136.3
If this renegade didn't always mix with his rebel brethren, if he kept to himself when not engaged in battle, at least he was on their side.
p. 136.9

engaged = busy
Without concern for his own well-being, and with sword glinting, he slashed his way through Redd's soldiers, who looked like ordinary playing cards (albeit larger) when unengaged, but who now fanned out as if the hand of a giant poker player was spreading them across the green baize of a gaming table.
p. 137.3

unengaged = not fighting

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unengaged means not and reverses this meaning of engaged. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
We shall host a party to announce the engagement.
p. 171.9 *

engagement = agreement to marry
He handed Dodge the soggy newspaper detailing Alyss' upcoming engagement party.
p. 189.2

engagement = related to an agreement to marry
The most prominent members of British society were on hand for her engagement party--dukes, duchesses, knights, earls, counts, viscounts, and country squires-and all of them hid their faces behind masks, as did Alice.
p. 190.5
She'd been wondering if he would show up today as mysteriously as he had at her engagement party.
p. 200.9
Likely, the man at the engagement party had just been a rival of Leopold's and wanted to show him up with his dancing.
p. 201.2
Though engaged in a deadly contest with a Three Card, the rook managed a bow to Alyss.
p. 215.4

engaged = busy
To lessen his fears, Jack tried to engage the Milliner in a little chitchat.
p. 217.4 *

engage = involve

editor's notes: Chitchat means pleasant conversation about nothing important.
They were the self-proclaimed saviors of the queendom; they should have been engaging Redd in battle, not talking about it.
p. 222.8

engaging = fighting
Its bloody light burned down on the Chessboard Desert through a cloud-clotted sky, toxic vapors burping continuously out of the factory engaged in manufacturing Redd's war machines.
p. 227.2

engaged = occupied (involved)
Alyss said nothing, remembering the surprise of seeing her mother engage so readily in combat.
p. 284.7

engage = participate (take part)
In Genevieve's time and before, it had been a grand thoroughfare of upscale shops and restaurants, but the wealthy and privileged gradually moved elsewhere as the surrounding streets became havens for looter gangs, imagination-stimulant manufacturers, and Wonderlanders engaged in other illicit but profitable employment.
p. 294.4

engaged = involved
She was glimpsed entering a tube station at Redd Square, on a safari in Outerwilderbeastia, and at various other locations engaged in a variety of activities.
p. 323.4
If he crosses paths with Redd, he'll try to engage with her.
p. 331.7 *

engage = begin fighting
They brandished their scepters like swords, two powerful warriors engaged in good old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat.
p. 346.6

engaged = involved

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(1) (engage as in: engage in conversation)
to interact in various ways -- such as to participate, involve, interest, or attract
The exact meaning of this sense of engage depends upon its context. For example:
- "They engaged in debate." -- participated
- "She engaged him in conversation." -- involved
- "She is an engaging conversationalist." -- interesting
- "She has an engaging smile." -- attractive (attracting interest and interaction)
- "The proposal engages the interest of many young voters." -- attracts and involves
- "She engages with her constituents." -- interacts in a meaningful way
- "She engaged in foolish behavior." -- entered into
(2) (engage as in: engage her services)
hire, reserve, book, or occupy
(3) (engaged as in: engaged and then married)
promised to marry
(4) (engage as in: engage the enemy)
begin fighting
(5) (engage as in: engage the gears)
move into position to work; or start
(6) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

engage in The Looking Glass Wars (Edited)

engage
in
The Looking Glass Wars
(Edited)