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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Occupied; employed; busy.

Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter;

as, the

engaged

ships continued the fight

Engaged column

(Arch.)

Same as

Attached column

. See under

Verb.

pp.

or a. Pledged; promised; enlisted; gained and attached; attracted and fixed; embarked; earnestly employed; zealous.