Involve vs. Engage
Involveverb
(archaic) To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
Involveverb
(archaic) To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide.
Involveverb
To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
Involveverb
(archaic) To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
Involveverb
To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
Involveverb
To envelop, enfold, entangle.
Involveverb
To engage (someone) to participate in a task.
Involveverb
(mathematics) To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times.
Involveverb
To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
Involveverb
To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
Involveverb
To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
Involveverb
To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
Involveverb
To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
Involveverb
To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
Involveverb
To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
Involveverb
To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
Involveverb
connect closely and often incriminatingly;
Involveverb
engage as a participant;
Involveverb
have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail;
Involveverb
require as useful, just, or proper;
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contain as a part;
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wrap;
Involveverb
occupy or engage the interest of;
Involveverb
make complex or intricate or complicated;
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have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result
Involveverb
cause to participate in an activity or situation
Involveverb
be or become occupied or engrossed in something
Involveverb
be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship
Engageverb
To interact socially.
Engageverb
To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
Engageverb
To draw into conversation.
Engageverb
To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
Engageverb
(heading) To interact antagonistically.
Engageverb
(transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
Engageverb
(intransitive) To enter into battle.
Engageverb
(heading) To interact contractually.
Engageverb
(transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
Engageverb
(intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
Engageverb
(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) usually in passive.
Engageverb
To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
Engageverb
(heading) To interact mechanically.
Engageverb
To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
Engageverb
To come into gear with.
Engageverb
(intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
Engageverb
To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.
Engageverb
To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.
Engageverb
To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.
Engageverb
To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
Engageverb
To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
Engageverb
To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.
Engageverb
To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.
Engageverb
To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.
Engageverb
To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.
Engageverb
To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.
Engageverb
carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;
Engageverb
engage or engross wholly;
Engageverb
engage or hire for work;
Engageverb
ask to represent; of legal counsel;
Engageverb
give to in marriage
Engageverb
get caught;
Engageverb
as of wars, battles, or campaigns;
Engageverb
as of aid, help, services, or support
Engageverb
engage for service under a term of contract;
Engageverb
keep engaged;
Engageverb
occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention)
Engageverb
involve someone in (a conversation or discussion)
Engageverb
participate or become involved in
Engageverb
establish a meaningful contact or connection with
Engageverb
arrange to employ or hire (someone)
Engageverb
pledge or enter into a contract to do something
Engageverb
reserve (accommodation, a place, etc.) in advance
Engageverb
(with reference to a part of a machine or engine) move into position so as to come into operation
Engageverb
(of fencers or swordsmen) bring (weapons) together preparatory to fighting.
Engageverb
enter into combat with (an enemy)
Engageadjective
(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.
