engage+to+marry
1engage — [v1] hire for job, use appoint, bespeak, book, bring on board*, charter, come on board*, commission, contract, employ, enlist, enroll, ink*, lease, place, prearrange, put on, rent, reserve, retain, secure, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with*;… …
2engage — early 15c., to pledge, from M.Fr. engagier, from O.Fr. en gage under pledge, from en make + gage pledge, through Frankish from P.Gmc. *wadiare pledge (showing the common evolution of Germanic w to French g ; Cf. Guillaume from Wilhelm). Meaning …
3engage — verb (engaged; engaging) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French engager, from en + gage pledge, gage Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to offer (as one s word) as security for a debt or cause 2. a. obsolete to entangle or entrap in or… …
4engage — en•gage [[t]ɛnˈgeɪdʒ[/t]] v. gaged, gag•ing 1) to occupy the attention or efforts of; involve: He engaged her in conversation[/ex] 2) to secure for aid, employment, or use; hire 3) to attract and hold fast: The book engaged my attention[/ex] 4)… …
5List of 7th Heaven characters — Contents 1 Camden family 1.1 Eric Camden 1.2 Annie Camden 1.3 …
6Swetnam the Woman-Hater — Arraigned by Women is a Jacobean era stage play, an anonymous comedy that was part of an anti feminist controversy of the 1615 ndash;20 period.Performance and publication Swetnam the Woman Hater was first published in 1620, in a quarto issued by… …
7espouse — To engage to marry; to give or bestow in marriage; to engage in the defense of another; as, to espouse his cause …
8betroth — be·troth || bɪ trəʊð v. engage to marry, bind with a promise to wed …
9betrothed — be trothed || ðd adj. engaged to be married; promised to be·troth || bɪ trəʊð v. engage to marry, bind with a promise to wed …
10betrothing — be·troth || bɪ trəʊð v. engage to marry, bind with a promise to wed …
