engagedadj.

Brit.

/ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒd/,

/ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/,

/ᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒd/,

/ɛŋˈɡeɪdʒd/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒd/,

/ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/

Etymology: < engage v. + -ed suffix¹.

1. In various senses of the verb.

a. †Entangled.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective] > entangled, trapped

intricate1526

intricated1565

laqueat1575

greedy1590

engaged1615

on the nail1810

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 137 The sands..with a lingring cruelty swallowed the ingaged.

b. †Obliged, attached by gratitude.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation

addebteda1400

beholdenc1400

debtedc1425

beholding1484

indebt1504

bounden1530

indebted1553

obliged1596

redevable1596

engaged1665

behoven1880

1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker I. 99 Not as an engaged person, but indifferently.

1673 Vain Insol. Rome 12 Your engaged well wishing Friend and Servant.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 247 Never Man had a more faithful, loving, sincere Servant, than Friday was to me..perfectly oblig'd and engag'd.

c. Locked in fight.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective]

fightinga1340

battailant1591

engaged1692

1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. iii This.. is..like an engaged Enemy, to vent one's Spleen upon a Party.

d. That is under a promise to marry; betrothed. Hence engaged ring (? Obsolete) = engagement ring at engagement n. 2d.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > ring

engagement ring1861

engaged ring1869

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed

troth-plighta1300

handfasta1470

assured1474

desponsate1483

handfasted1535

contracted1548

betrothed1557

trothed1567

affianced1574

affied1591

contract1597

combinatea1616

desponsated1623

troth-contracted1633

troth1844

engaged1869

1869 London Society Dec. 513 (title of poem) The engaged ring.

1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 15 It is so absurd to be an engaged orphan.

1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House II. xxii. 252 It is not a proper engaged-ring. You can't wear it.

a1891 Mod. At a certain party last week, there were six engaged couples.

a. Architecture. engaged column, one partly let into a wall in the rear. engaged tower (see quot.).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > specific types of columns

rockeOE

obelisk1587

lotus column1800

tetrapleuron1837

annulated column1842

engaged column1847

1847 Eng. Ecclesiology 154 Of the quadrangular tower there are two varieties: the one where it is engaged, i.e. has the aisles flush with its western face.

1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry ii. 51 Engaged columns—colonnades walled up.

1880 C. T. Newton Ess. Art & Archæol. iii. 83 A Doric peristyle with engaged columns.

1882 Athenæum No. 2859. 212 The later pillars of the nave..are accompanied by eight engaged shafts.

1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 248/1 The church at Acton possesses what is called an engaged tower.

Categories »

b. Mechanics. engaged wheels, wheels in gear with each other.The driver is the engaging wheel, and the follower is the wheel engaged.

3. Telephony. Of a number or line: in use and therefore unavailable to a second caller; of a person: telephoning. Hence engaged signal, engaged-test, engaged-tone.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [adjective] > status of line

private1852

busy1883

engaged1891

secure1961

scrambled1962

1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 151 (heading) Engaged test.

1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 153 If she then hears a click in her receiver, she knows that the number is engaged.

1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 154 If a subscriber's line is engaged.

1893 W. H. Preece & A. J. Stubbs Man. Telephony xvi. 271 (heading) Switch with distinct ‘engaged signal’ circuit.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iii. 137 Engaged! Who is she calling up now?

1927 Electr. Communication VI. i. 14/2 If the busy signal is heard in the receiver..then the called subscriber is engaged.

1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me i. 17 I hoped it was the engaged tone, but I knew it was the ringing tone.

4. A term of literary and artistic criticism: = committed adj. 5a. (Cf. engagé adj.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > qualities of work of art

uniforma1552

sweet1662

stiff1779

chargeda1806

late1851

ineffective1858

detailed1867

schematic1868

rhythmical1880

functional1881

late-period1927

engaged1947

engagé1955

retardataire1958

1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 47 This is not to say that literature must become ‘engaged’, as one school of continental writers now insists; that it must..‘take sides’ in the social revolution.

1957 Observer 27 Oct. 14/3 He [sc. François Mauriac] had written a rather wry little note in L'Express, suggesting that I had treated him, in his capacity as an ‘engaged’ writer, like some sole-surviving specimen of an extinct race.

1958 Sunday Times 20 July 6/5 The faults usual in ‘engaged’ literature.

Derivatives

† enˈgagedly adv. Obsolete in an engaged or interested manner; with the feeling of a partisan.

ΚΠ

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 (T.) Engagedly biassed to one side or the other.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	engaged
释义	engagedadj. Brit. /ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/, /ᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒd/, /ɛŋˈɡeɪdʒd/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒd/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/ Etymology: < engage v. + -ed suffix¹. 1. In various senses of the verb. a. †Entangled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [adjective] > entangled, trapped intricate1526 intricated1565 laqueat1575 greedy1590 engaged1615 on the nail1810 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 137 The sands..with a lingring cruelty swallowed the ingaged. b. †Obliged, attached by gratitude. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > [adjective] > under obligation addebteda1400 beholdenc1400 debtedc1425 beholding1484 indebt1504 bounden1530 indebted1553 obliged1596 redevable1596 engaged1665 behoven1880 1665 I. Walton Life of Hooker I. 99 Not as an engaged person, but indifferently. 1673 Vain Insol. Rome 12 Your engaged well wishing Friend and Servant. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 247 Never Man had a more faithful, loving, sincere Servant, than Friday was to me..perfectly oblig'd and engag'd. c. Locked in fight. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] fightinga1340 battailant1591 engaged1692 1692 J. Locke Toleration iii. iii This.. is..like an engaged Enemy, to vent one's Spleen upon a Party. d. That is under a promise to marry; betrothed. Hence engaged ring (? Obsolete) = engagement ring at engagement n. 2d. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [noun] > ring engagement ring1861 engaged ring1869 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > betrothal > [adjective] > betrothed troth-plighta1300 handfasta1470 assured1474 desponsate1483 handfasted1535 contracted1548 betrothed1557 trothed1567 affianced1574 affied1591 contract1597 combinatea1616 desponsated1623 troth-contracted1633 troth1844 engaged1869 1869 London Society Dec. 513 (title of poem) The engaged ring. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iii. 15 It is so absurd to be an engaged orphan. 1873 C. M. Yonge Pillars of House II. xxii. 252 It is not a proper engaged-ring. You can't wear it. a1891 Mod. At a certain party last week, there were six engaged couples. 2. a. Architecture. engaged column, one partly let into a wall in the rear. engaged tower (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > specific types of columns rockeOE obelisk1587 lotus column1800 tetrapleuron1837 annulated column1842 engaged column1847 1847 Eng. Ecclesiology 154 Of the quadrangular tower there are two varieties: the one where it is engaged, i.e. has the aisles flush with its western face. 1867 A. Barry Life & Wks. Sir C. Barry ii. 51 Engaged columns—colonnades walled up. 1880 C. T. Newton Ess. Art & Archæol. iii. 83 A Doric peristyle with engaged columns. 1882 Athenæum No. 2859. 212 The later pillars of the nave..are accompanied by eight engaged shafts. 1886 Athenæum 21 Aug. 248/1 The church at Acton possesses what is called an engaged tower. Categories » b. Mechanics. engaged wheels, wheels in gear with each other.The driver is the engaging wheel, and the follower is the wheel engaged. 3. Telephony. Of a number or line: in use and therefore unavailable to a second caller; of a person: telephoning. Hence engaged signal, engaged-test, engaged-tone. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [adjective] > status of line private1852 busy1883 engaged1891 secure1961 scrambled1962 1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 151 (heading) Engaged test. 1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 153 If she then hears a click in her receiver, she knows that the number is engaged. 1891 J. Poole Pract. Telephone Handbk. viii. 154 If a subscriber's line is engaged. 1893 W. H. Preece & A. J. Stubbs Man. Telephony xvi. 271 (heading) Switch with distinct ‘engaged signal’ circuit. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah iii. 137 Engaged! Who is she calling up now? 1927 Electr. Communication VI. i. 14/2 If the busy signal is heard in the receiver..then the called subscriber is engaged. 1935 G. Greene Eng. made Me i. 17 I hoped it was the engaged tone, but I knew it was the ringing tone. 4. A term of literary and artistic criticism: = committed adj. 5a. (Cf. engagé adj.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > work of art > [adjective] > qualities of work of art uniforma1552 sweet1662 stiff1779 chargeda1806 late1851 ineffective1858 detailed1867 schematic1868 rhythmical1880 functional1881 late-period1927 engaged1947 engagé1955 retardataire1958 1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 47 This is not to say that literature must become ‘engaged’, as one school of continental writers now insists; that it must..‘take sides’ in the social revolution. 1957 Observer 27 Oct. 14/3 He [sc. François Mauriac] had written a rather wry little note in L'Express, suggesting that I had treated him, in his capacity as an ‘engaged’ writer, like some sole-surviving specimen of an extinct race. 1958 Sunday Times 20 July 6/5 The faults usual in ‘engaged’ literature. Derivatives † enˈgagedly adv. Obsolete in an engaged or interested manner; with the feeling of a partisan. ΚΠ 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 233 (T.) Engagedly biassed to one side or the other. 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