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engage
verb as in hire for job, use
Strong matches
appoint, bespeak, book, charter, commission, contract, enroll, ink, lease, place, prearrange, rent, reserve, retain, secure
Weak matches
bring on board, come on board, put on, sign on, sign up, take on, truck with
verb as in occupy oneself; engross
verb as in promise to marry
verb as in start a fight; attack
Weak matches
do battle with, fall on, give battle to, join battle with, take on
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Example Sentences
An engagé then knelt upon him to put on the harness, but when this was done he discovered that he had killed the poor dog.
In one of our hospitals was a young lad of seventeen, who had managed to enlist as an "engagé volontaire" by lying as to his age.
He was at this time twenty-six years old, and had formerly been an engagé of the Jesuits.
Tis true he served you, and was your engagé on the voyage hither.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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