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concur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin concurro (“to run together, agree”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?k?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?k??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
concur (third-person singular simple present concurs, present participle concurring, simple past and past participle concurred)
- To agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
- To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
- (obsolete) To run together; to meet.
- (rare) To converge.
Synonyms
- (to unite or agree): accord, agree, coexist; See also Thesaurus:agree
- (to meet in the same point): cooperate, unite
- (to run together): assemble, congregate, crowd, flock
- (to converge):
Antonyms
- (to unite or agree): disagree, dissent
- (to meet in the same point):
- (to run together): disperse, disassemble
- (to converge): diverge
Related terms
- concourse
- concurrence
Translations
References
- concur in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- concur in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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engage
English
Alternative forms
- ingage (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English engagen, from Old French engagier (“to pledge, engage”), from Frankish *anwadj?n (“to pledge”), from Proto-Germanic *an-, *andi- + Proto-Germanic *wadj?n? (“to pledge, secure”), from Proto-Germanic *wadj? (“pledge, guarantee”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed?- (“to pledge, redeem a pledge; guarantee, bail”), equivalent to en- +? gage. Cognate with Old English anwedd (“pledge, security”), Old English weddian (“to engage, covenant, undertake”), German wetten (“to bet, wager”), Icelandic veðja (“to wager”). More at wed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??e?d?/, /?n??e?d?/
- Rhymes: -e?d?
Verb
engage (third-person singular simple present engages, present participle engaging, simple past and past participle engaged)
- (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- To draw into conversation.
- the difficult task of engaging him in conversation
- To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).
- Good nature engages everybody to him.
- To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.
- (heading) To interact antagonistically.
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
- a favourable opportunity of engaging the enemy
- 1698-1699, Edmund Ludlow, Memoirs
- (intransitive) To enter into battle.
- (transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).
- (heading) To interact contractually.
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).
- (transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive).
- (obsolete, transitive) To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- Thou that doest liue in later times, must wage / Thy workes for wealth, and life for gold engage.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- (transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).
- (heading) To interact mechanically.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (engineering, transitive) To come into gear with.
- The teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another.
- To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).
- (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).
- “ […] 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? […]”
- (transitive, obsolete) To entangle.
Antonyms
- (to cause to mesh or interlock): disengage
Derived terms
- engagement
- disengage
- disengagement
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.?a?/
Verb
engage
- first-person singular present indicative of engager
- third-person singular present indicative of engager
- first-person singular present subjunctive of engager
- third-person singular present subjunctive of engager
- second-person singular imperative of engager
Anagrams
- gagnée
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