[{"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons):He engaged her in conversation.Synonyms: involve , interest , engross , absorb", "to secure for aid, employment, use, etc.; hire:to engage a worker;to engage a room.Antonyms: discharge", "to attract and hold fast:The novel engaged her attention and interest.", "to attract or please:His good nature engages everyone.", "to bind, as by pledge, promise, contract, or oath; make liable:He engaged himself to repay his debt within a month.", "to betroth (usually used in the passive):They were engaged last week.", "to bring (troops) into conflict; enter into conflict with:Our army engaged the enemy.", "Mechanics.to cause (gears or the like) to become interlocked; interlock with.Antonyms: release", "to attach or secure.", "Obsolete.to entangle or involve."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to occupy oneself; become involved:to engage in business or politics.", "to take employment:She engaged in her mother's business.", "to pledge one's word; assume an obligation:I was unwilling to engage on such terms.", "to cross weapons; enter into conflict:The armies engaged early in the morning.", "Mechanics.(of gears or the like) to interlock."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["choosing to involve oneself in or commit oneself to something:Some of the political activists grew less engagé as the years passed."]}]