All 16 Uses of
engage
in
The Ramayana
- Peace and good luck attend you there, And blessing, is my friendly prayer; Let cares of state each mind engage To guard his royal heritage.†
Book 1
- Such thoughts engaged his bosom, when, To see Ayodhyá's lord of men, A mighty saint of glorious fame, The hermit Visvámitra(138) came.†
Book 1
- I know the hero Ráma well In whom high thoughts and valour dwell; So does Vasish? ha, so do these Engaged in long austerities.†
Book 1
- Then on one wish, one thought intent, Planning the heavenly stream's descent, Leaving his ministers the care And burden of his state to bear, Dwelling in far Gokarna(194) he Engaged in long austerity.†
Book 1
- It chanced that Jahnu, great and good, Engaged with holy offerings stood; The river spread her waves around Flooding his sacrificial ground.†
Book 1
- So let us in these rites engage, As ordered by the holy sage.†
Book 1 *
- There while the king enjoyed repose The captive Sunahsepha rose, And hasting to the water's side His uncle Visvámitra spied, With many a hermit 'neath the trees Engaged in stern austerities.†
Book 1
- Then Kusik's son indignant laid His curse upon the heavenly maid: "Because thou wouldst my soul engage Who fight to conquer love and rage, Stand, till ten thousand years have flown, Ill-fated maid, transformed to stone.†
Book 1
- When Janak's speech the monarch heard, To sons and saints he gave the word, And set them in the holy ring, Then to Vasish? ha spoke the king Of Mithilá: "O mighty Sage, Now let this task thy care engage, And lend thine aid and counsel wise The nuptial rites to solemnize."†
Book 1
- E'en saints, inspired with rigid zeal, When once the stroke of Fate they feel, In sternest vows no more engage, And fall enslaved by love and rage.†
Book 2
- Life flies as torrents downward fall Speeding away without recall, So virtue should our thoughts engage, For bliss(382) is mortals' heritage.†
Book 2
- Then fierce the dreadful combat raged As fiend and bird in war engaged, As if two winged mountains sped To dire encounter overhead.†
Book 3
- The fiend Máyáví,—him of yore To Dundubhi(563) his mother bore,— For woman's love in strife engaged, A deadly war with Báli waged.†
Book 4
- Then fierce and wild the conflict raged As hand to hand the foes engaged, As though in battle mid the stars Fought Mercury and fiery Mars.†
Book 4
- They met in mortal strife engaged, And long and fierce the battle raged.†
Book 6
- Enrolled on high with saint and sage, Thy woes, dear son, my thoughts engage.†
Book 6
Definition:
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(engage as in: engage in conversation) to interact in various ways -- such as to participate, involve, interest, or attractThe 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