engine.
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
Meaning & usage
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
A tool; a utensil or implement.
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track. A locomotive.
A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
a graphics engine
a physics engine
Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
Natural talent; genius.
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
To assault with an engine.
To contrive; to put into action.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.
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