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engage

Short Definition : attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something

Definition
(verb) carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in
Synonyms : prosecute pursue
Example Sentence
  • She pursued many activities
  • They engaged in a discussion
Definition
(verb) consume all of one's attention or time
Synonyms : absorb engross occupy
Example Sentence
  • Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
Definition
(verb) engage or hire for work
Synonyms : employ hire
Example Sentence
  • They hired two new secretaries in the department
  • How many people has she employed?
Definition
(verb) ask to represent; of legal counsel
Example Sentence
  • I'm retaining a lawyer
Definition
(verb) give to in marriage
Synonyms : affiance betroth plight
Definition
(verb) get caught
Example Sentence
  • make sure the gear is engaged
Definition
(verb) carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Synonyms : wage
Example Sentence
  • Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
Definition
(verb) hire for work or assistance
Synonyms : enlist
Example Sentence
  • engage aid, help, services, or support
Definition
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract
Synonyms : charter hire lease rent take
Example Sentence
  • We took an apartment on a quiet street
  • Let's rent a car
  • Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Definition
(verb) keep engaged
Synonyms : lock mesh operate
Example Sentence
  • engaged the gears
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for engage

Remember engagementattract-> pledge->hire->confront a girl.

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The girl you HIRED as your PA is very CHARMING and ATTRACTIVE and hence you've decided to COMMIT to her by PLEDGING to be her husband at an ENGAGEMENT function.

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remind engagement,what qualities u want in ur partner CHARMING ATTRACTIVE AND FULL OF VIGOR.

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engaged

Short Definition : employed; busy; betrothed; involved in conflict

Definition
(adj) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
Synonyms : occupied
Example Sentence
  • she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
  • deeply engaged in conversation
Definition
(adj) involved in military hostilities
Example Sentence
  • the desperately engaged ships continued the fight
Definition
(adj) reserved in advance
Synonyms : booked set-aside
Definition
(adj) (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)
Synonyms : busy in use
Example Sentence
  • her line is busy
  • receptionists' telephones are always engaged
  • the lavatory is in use
  • kept getting a busy signal
Definition
(adj) (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
Synonyms : intermeshed meshed
Example Sentence
  • the gears are engaged
  • meshed gears
  • intermeshed twin rotors
Definition
(adj) having services contracted for
Example Sentence
  • the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
Definition
(adj) built against or attached to a wall
Example Sentence
  • engaged columns

engaging

Short Definition : charming; attractive

Definition
(adj) attracting or delighting
Synonyms : piquant
Example Sentence
  • an engaging frankness
  • a piquant face with large appealing eyes
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for engaging

I have an engagement with an engaging girl tomorrow.

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eng (young) age ing... that young age girls attract boys...

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Girls Engage(attract) boys by their Engaging(charming,attractive) looks

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engender

Short Definition : cause; produce; give rise to

Definition
(verb) call forth
Synonyms : breed spawn
Definition
(verb) make children
Example Sentence
  • Abraham begot Isaac
  • Men often father children but don't recognize them
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when two gender's male & female end up together .. they produce or give rise to a CHILD..

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When genders get together they cause, produce, and give rise to children.

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engender ~ gene ~ make offspring

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If a species is ENDANGERED it needs to ENGENDER a new child.

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engender also means bringing into being.so,thats opposite of endanger where species will be on the verge of extinct

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when 2 gender combine dey give rise to a new gender(boy or a girl)

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engross

Short Definition : occupy fully; absorb

Definition
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to
Example Sentence
  • He immersed himself into his studies
Definition
(verb) consume all of one's attention or time
Synonyms : absorb engage occupy
Example Sentence
  • Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for engross

pick the word gross - grass garden is fill with grass.

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IN GRASS...when a couple is doing sex in the lawns of a garden they will engross people....

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ENGROSS= IN-GROWTH.embryonic staff are always engaged with the growth stage

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to purna pane grassun gelaya

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engulf

Short Definition : surround and swallow up

Definition
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to
Example Sentence
  • He immersed himself into his studies
Definition
(verb) flow over or cover completely
Example Sentence
  • The bright light engulfed him completely
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for engulf

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en+gulf(gulp)..so how much do you gulp or swallow in a day....??

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gulf has swallowed such quantities of petrol that other countries from outside are relying on it

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Golf courses swallows huge area of cultivable land.

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gulf is swallowed by south indian people. You can see south indian people everywhere. Just to remember the word

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ENGLUF sounds lyk aloof,jab hum log aloof(lonely) hote hai tab engrossed or absorbed hokar kam karte hai

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enhance

Short Definition : increase; make greater (as in value, reputation, or usefulness); improve

Definition
(verb) increase
Synonyms : heighten raise
Example Sentence
  • This will enhance your enjoyment
  • heighten the tension
Definition
(verb) make better or more attractive
Example Sentence
  • This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enhance

when you are given a chance you try to improve more... that is ENHANCE

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enigma

Short Definition : puzzle; mystery; ADJ. enigmatic: obscure; puzzling

Definition
(noun) something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
Example Sentence
  • how it got out is a mystery
  • it remains one of nature's secrets
Definition
(noun) a difficult problem
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enigma

e(nigma) Consider the word in brackets. Nigma sounds Nagma.nagma's affair is always a mystry and puzzle.

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enigma—enigma songs are difficult to understand

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enigma songs are enigmatic

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enigma sounds like stigma which is a part of flower part of flower always hard to understand JAI SHRI RAM

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Think of a mysterious fairy godmother hidden inside a pig. IN PIG MA.

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Enigma...EGG ? REMEMBER EGG..An example of an enigma is the question “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

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enigma..souds like engine....and before JAMES WAT DISCOVERED STEAM ENGINE...THE WORD ENGINE was a puzzle and MYSTERY FOR PEOPLE.

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enigma=nigger+maa nigger maa cant explain who the father is as they have many partners before marriage.

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enjoin

Short Definition : command; order; forbid

Definition
(verb) issue an injunction Definition
(verb) give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
Synonyms : order say tell
Example Sentence
  • I said to him to go home
  • She ordered him to do the shopping
  • The mother told the child to get dressed
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for enjoin

EN(means to become) + join...you command and order people to join and become members of your group.

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Some of us were ORDERED or COMMANDED to JOIN the armed forces, while some others were FORBIDDEN to do so.

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enjoin = enjoy + not...follow the order

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its sounds like enjoying?? u'll say no if u r ordered to do something

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: ENJOIN = EN(in)+JOIN(joining order). In joining order it was enjoined(ordered) to wear UNIFORM and enjoined(forbidden) from wearing sports shoes.

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Enjoying???? Ohh th"en"-"join" the office right away...its an order..:P

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en-join=='N'-join if u join the ends of letter N it becomes O-for order

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come join...

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enlist

Short Definition : (cause to) join the armed forces; obtain (help, sympathy, or support)

Definition
(verb) join the military Definition
(verb) hire for work or assistance
Synonyms : engage
Example Sentence
  • engage aid, help, services, or support
Definition
(verb) engage somebody to enter the army
Synonyms : draft muster in
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