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engager.

to pledge, commit

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Meaning & usage

verb/ɑ̃.ɡa.ʒe/

  1. to pledge, commit

  2. to hire, sign, snap up

  3. to involve

  4. to encourage

  5. to pawn

  6. to enlist

  7. to enter into (e.g., a conversation)

Where this word comes from

From Middle French engager, from Old French engagier (“to pawn, make a pledge, plight”), from en- (“in, under”) + gage, guage (“pledge”), from Late Latin wadium (“pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ waddj- (“pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *wadją (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“guarantee, bail”). Cognate with Middle Dutch wedde (“property, pay”), Old High German wetti (“collateral, security agreement”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌳𐌹 (wadi, “guarantee”), Old English wedd (“pledge, vow”). More at wed.

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