engage

Thus ſhall mankind his guardian care engage, / The promis'd father of the future age.

the difficult task of engaging him in conversation

This humanity and good nature engages every body to him, so that when he is pleasant upon any of them all his family are in a good humour, and none so much as the person whom he diverts himself with: […]

a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy

For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.

They were engaged last month! They're planning to have the wedding next year.

Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.

Whenever I engage the clutch, the car stalls out.

The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.

We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic?