engagingn.
/ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ The action of engage v., in various senses. Also attributive, as in engaging guard (Military).
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society > armed hostility > [noun] > commencement of
commitment1645
committal1772
engaging1803
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions
buttc1330
overheadc1400
stopc1450
quarter-strokea1456
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rakea1500
traverse1547
flourish1552
quarter-blow1555
veny1578
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canvasado1601
montant1601
punto1601
stock1602
embrocadoc1604
pass1604
stuck1604
stramazo1606
home thrust1622
longee1625
falsify?1635
false1637
traversion1637
canvassa1641
parade1652
flanconade1664
parry1673
fore-stroke1674
allonge1675
contretemps1684
counter1684
disengaging1684
feint1684
passing1687
under-counter1687
stringere1688
stringering1688
tempo1688
volte1688
overlapping1692
repost1692
volt-coupe1692
volting1692
disarm?1700
stamp1705
passade1706
riposte1707
swoop1711
retreat1734
lunge1748
beat1753
disengage1771
disengagement1771
opposition1771
time thrust1771
timing1771
whip1771
shifting1793
one-two1809
one-two-three1809
salute1809
estramazone1820
remise1823
engage1833
engaging1833
risposta1838
lunging1847
moulinet1861
reprise1861
stop-thrust1861
engagement1881
coupé1889
scrape1889
time attack1889
traverse1892
cut-over1897
tac-au-tac riposte1907
flèche1928
replacement1933
punta dritta1961
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Engagement, a pawning, ingaging, impledging.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 21 So they feared the ingaging and losse of the Queenes Army.
1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Earl of Rochester 111 The ingaging into much Passion.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 20 The Engaging the Parliament in the War.
1803 Capt. Bissell in Naval Chron. 11 241 This kind of engaging lasted more than an hour.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 138 Forming quickly his ‘Engaging Guard’ to any point required.
1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. iv. 147 Engaging..the action of joining the sword of an opponent, either previous to his, or your own attack.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
engagingadj.
/ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ᵻŋˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/, /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒɪŋ/ That engages, in various senses.
1. † a. Obliging. Obsolete.† b. Absorbing, interesting. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adjective] > obliging or complaisant
commodious?1553
obliging1632
accommodating1642
complaisant1647
obligeant1654
complacential1658
engaging1673
complaisential1689
prevenant1750
preventing1751
complacent1790
commodating1887
1673 Vain Insol. Rome 11 I have not forgot your engaging Charity.
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1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion lxi These ingaging Virtues are the Tyes, That more oblige, than Arts, or Amorous Eyes.
1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 14 May 1/1 Virtue has in her self the most engaging Charms.
c. Winning, attractive.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]
gracious1340
glorious skinnyc1400
drawing1435
gracefulc1449
attrayant1477
well-favoured1539
alluring1567
graceda1586
attracting1589
attractive1592
winning1596
appealing1598
taking1603
allicient1613
enchantinga1616
motive1615
temptinga1616
allurant1631
catchinga1640
gaining1642
canny1643
charmful1656
charming1664
mignon1671
disarminga1718
prepossessing1737
seducing1749
seductive176.
eye-catching1770
sweet1779
catchy1784
attaching1785
engaging1816
cute1834
cunning1843
taky1854
cynosural1855
smart1860
fetching1880
seductious1883
fruity1900
barry1923
hot stuff1928
swoony1934
dishy1961
dolly1964
jiggy1996
aegyo2007
1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited v. 104 The walk on the old ramparts presents several most engaging views.
1833 Baroness Bunsen in A. J. C. Hare Life & Lett. Baroness Bunsen (1879) I. ix. 405 She..has always the same engaging manner.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 250 His countenance was eminently handsome and engaging.
2. That makes an engagement or gives a pledge.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > promising
committing1682
sponsionala1684
swearing1727
engaging1883
1883 Glasgow Weekly Herald 8 Sept. 3/2 The father of the infant baptised used to be addressed [in the Scotch baptismal service] as ‘the engaging parent’.
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3. Mechanics. engaging and disengaging machinery: that in which one part is alternately united to, or separated from, another part, as occasion may require. (Nicholson.)
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