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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Charming; attractive.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Winning; attractive; tending to draw the attention, the interest, or the affections; pleasing: as, engaging manners or address.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive.
  • adjective that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That engages the attention; engrossing, interesting; enthralling.
  • adjective Charming; attractive, especially of a manner or behaviour.
  • verb Present participle of engage.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective attracting or delighting

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