engage Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To make liable legallyII. To promise one's companyIII. To hireIV. To involve in an undertakingV. To attractVI. To occupyB. Intrans.I. To join battle with1. conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. with prep. cum and abl.)2. congrĕdior, gressus, 3 (also with cum)3. dīmĭco, 1II. To promise, undertake1. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (implying that the person so doing takes the full responsibility upon himself2. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 (prop. only of a legal engagement)3. stĭpŭlor, 1 (of a formal engagement, by question and answer, and strictly used of the interrogator, as spondeo was used of the answerer, Gell. 4, 4)4. comprōmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (of two parties who e. to abide by a decision)III. To e. in; to enter upon1. ingrĕdior, gressus, 32. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 33. ŏbeo, 4, irr. • engage: A. Trans.: I. To make liable legally: oblĭgo, obstringo: v. to bind, pledge. II. To promise one's company: Phr.: to e. oneself to dinner, ad coenam promittere, Pl.: in which sense Cic. has promitto absol., de Or. 2, 7, 27; ad coenam condicere, Pl.; also absol., having e.d himself to me, quum mihi condixisset, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 7. III. To hire: condūco, 3: v. to hire. IV. To involve in an undertaking: impĕdio, implĭco: v. to involve. V. To attract: Phr.: to e. the attention of all, omnium oculos in se convertere: v. attention (I. Phr.). VI. To occupy: Phr.: to e. a person in conversation, sermonem cum aliquo instituere, Cic. de Or. 2, 73, 296; cum aliquo sermonem occipere (al. incipere), Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 8: more precisely, *aliquem sermone occupatum tenere. B. Intrans.: I. To join battle with: 1. conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3 (usu. with prep. cum and abl.): he e.d in battle with him at Zama, cum eodem apud Zamam conflixit, Nep.: Liv.: Cic. (the latter has also manu, armis confligere, where the context requires closer definition, cf. Off. 1, 23, 81: "temere in acie versari et manu cum hoste confligere"). 2. congrĕdior, gressus, 3 (also with cum): that he might e. in battle with him in greater strength, quo (cum eo) valentior congrederetur, Nep. Hann. 6: also congredi praelio, Caes.; acie, Tac. 3. dīmĭco, 1: v. engagement. Phr.: the Gauls e.d in battle with Fonteius, Galli cum Fonteio ferrum ac manum contulerunt, Cic.: to e. at close quarters, pugnam conserere, Liv. II. To promise, undertake: 1. rĕcĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3 (implying that the person so doing takes the full responsibility upon himself: often with in and acc. of pron. refl.): I promise and e. that he will prove, etc., promitto inque me recipio, fore eum, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 10, ad fin.: I promise, e., and undertake that, etc., promitto, recipio, spondeo fore, etc., Cic. Phil. 5, 18, fin.: also with ad: I e. he shall do it, ad me recipio, faciet, Ter. Heaut. 5, 5, 12. 2. spondeo, spŏpondi, sponsum, 2 (prop. only of a legal engagement): the consuls, ambassadors, quaestors, e.d (that the treaty should be fulfilled): spoponderunt consules, legati, quaestores, Liv. 9, 5: also in non-legal sense, I will e., or rather do e. and undertake, spondebo, vel potius spondeo inque me recipio, Cic. Fam. 13, 17, fin.: and comp. supr.: Plin. jun. has ego mea fide spondeo, 1, 14, fin. 3. stĭpŭlor, 1 (of a formal engagement, by question and answer, and strictly used of the interrogator, as spondeo was used of the answerer, Gell. 4, 4): mutually to e., invicem de se st., Paul. Dig. 19, 2, 54, § 1: cf. ib. 45, 1, 35. 4. comprōmitto, mīsi, ssum, 3 (of two parties who e. to abide by a decision): the candidates have (formally) e.d to conduct their canvass according to his discretion, candidati compromiserunt, petere ejus arbitratu, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, fin.: v. to promise. III. To e. in; to enter upon: 1. ingrĕdior, gressus, 3: to e. in a war, in bellum ing., Cic.: v. TO ENTER UPON. 2. suscĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: v. to undertake. 3. ŏbeo, 4, irr.: to e. in wars, bella ob., Liv.: to e. in agricultural operations, rusticum opus ob., Col. Phr.: to e. in conversation, dare se in sermonem, sermonem cum aliquo conferre, Cic.: v. conversation.
ENGAGE Copy link • ENGAGETRANS., obligare: obstringere aliquem (general terms for binding by an engagement): invitare or vocare aliquem (to invite to a party): invitare or excitare aliquem (to engage or challenge to anything; e.g., ad saltandum): implicare, impedire (involve in anything, PROP., and figuratively) aliqua re: illaqueare aliqua re (entangle, figuratively): admiscere aliquem (to mix him up in it): mercede conducere (to hire): impellere (impel him, urge him). To engage anybody in a war, aliquem bello implicare. To be engaged in anything, alicui rei affinem esse (e.g., crimini); participem esse alicujus rei (to be a partner in it; e.g., conjurationis): admisceri ad aliquid (to be mixed up in it; e.g., ad id consilium, Cic.): to be engaged in a business, in negotio versari; negotio implicatum esse: to be very much engaged, occupatissimum esse, multis negotiis (occupationibus) implicitum esse; also valde negotiosum esse: to be so much engaged as not to know what to do, multis occupationibus distineri: to be engaged (to be married) [Vid: BETROTH]: not to be engaged, vacare: vacuum esse: otiosum esse: to be engaged in a lawsuit, lite implicari. To ENGAGE ONE’S SELF, fidem alicui dare (pledge one’s word): obligare se ad praestandum (make one’s self liable for a debt, Jurisconsults). Bind myself by an engagement to a party, condicere ad cenam (to engage myself to dine, etc.: with anybody by my own self-invitation): *promittere se venturum (to say one will come; i. e., to engage one’s self by accepting an invitation): promittere ad cenam, or promittere ad aliquem (to engage myself to anybody). To engage a person’s attention, convertere aliquem, or alicujus animum, in or ad se (to draw his attention): occupare cs cogitationes (occupy his thoughts). To engage attention, conspici, conspicuum esse; by anything, aliqua re: to engage anybody in a conversation about anything, sermonem cum aliquo (de aliqua re) instituere; dare se in sermonem alicujus; ordiri or conferre cum aliquo sermonem; venire in colloquium cum aliquo; colloquium cum aliquo facere or serere; sermocinari or colloqui cum aliquo; colloquium comparare cum aliquo (Titin. ap. Non.): to engage a person in secret conversations or conferences, secreta colloquia cum aliquo serere (Liv.). INTRANS., recipere, or ad, or in se recipere (undertake): promittere, polliceri (promise) (The words are found in this connection and order.) promittere inque se recipere (Ulp., Dig., all with accusative and infinitive): confirmare (to give a solemn assurance, e.g., sese illis regna conciliaturum, confirmat, Caes.). ☞ Recipere should have dative of person to whom one binds one’s self; e.g., recipio vobis me, etc.: the infinitive is usually the future [Vid: under To PROMISE]: se immiscere alicui rei, admisceri ad aliquid (e.g., ad id concilium, Cic.): descendere ad or in aliquid (e.g., ad certamen, in causam): se demittere in aliquid (e.g., in causam): ingredi aliquid or in aliquid: aggredi aliquid or ad aliquid. If he once engages in the affair, si semel in causam descenderit (Liv.). To engage in a conversation, dare se in sermonem; in sermonem ingredi: to engage in the conversation (which others are carrying on), se sermoni intermiscere. Fight, congredi or concurrere cum aliquo (general terms): signa conferre cum aliquo (of hostile armies): confligere: proelium committere (begin the battle).