engaged

simple past and past participle of engageform-ofparticiplepast

Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.not-comparable

Busy or employed.not-comparable

• Dig if you will the picture / Of you and I engaged in a kiss / The sweat of your body covers me / Can you my darling / Can you picture this?

Greatly interested.not-comparable

(of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.UKnot-comparable

• I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.

attached to a wall or sunk into it halfwaynot-comparable

in contact and in operationnot-comparable

being attacked or attackingnot-comparable

Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.not-comparable

Synonym of engagé (“passionately committed to a cause”).not-comparable

• Black and white women writers assumed their mantle as engaged writers, as cultural and political critics.