engaging

engaging
    adj 1: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a
           piquant face with large appealing eyes" [syn: {engaging},
           {piquant}]
    

Engaging \En*ga"ging\, a.
   Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as,
   engaging manners or address. -- {En*ga"ging*ly}, adv. --
   {En*ga"ging*ness}, n.
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   {Engaging and disengaging gear} or {Engaging and disengaging
   machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is
      alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another
      part, as occasion may require.
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Encage \En*cage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encaged}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Engaging}.] [Pref. en- + cage: cf. F. encager.]
   To confine in a cage; to coop up. --Shak.
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Engage \En*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en- (L. in) + gage pledge,
   pawn. See {Gage}.]
   1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations
      to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or
      promise; to bind by contract or promise. "I to thee
      engaged a prince's word." --Shak.
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   2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to
      enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage
      men for service.
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   3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to
      draw.
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            Good nature engages everybody to him. --Addison.
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   4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to
      engross; to draw on.
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            Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. --Pope.
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            Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging
            him in conversation.                  --Hawthorne.
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   5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to
      conflict.
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            A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy.
                                                  --Ludlow.
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   6. (Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one
      cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch
      engages the other part.
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81 Moby Thesaurus words for "engaging":
      absorbing, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting,
      attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling,
      captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come-hither,
      consuming, coquettish, delightful, dulcet, enchanting, engagement,
      engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing,
      exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious,
      friendly, glamorous, gripping, heart-robbing, hiring, holding,
      hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible,
      likeable, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, mesmerizing,
      mouth-watering, obsessing, obsessive, open, piquant, pleasant,
      pleasing, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing,
      seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding,
      spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling,
      tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome,
      witching