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To preëngage. [Obs.] Fuller.

To engage a second time or again.

A renewed or repeated engagement.

See Water gauge.

A wedge with a graduated edge, to measure the width of a space into which it is thrust.

One engaged in teaching the alphabet. Wood.

In concern with; engaged in; intent on. I must be about my Father's business. Luke ii. 49.

To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.

In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance.

The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. Kent.

-- To act up to, to equal in action; to fulfill in practice; as, he has acted up to his engagement or his advantages.

An engagement between troops in war, whether on land or water; a battle; a fight; as, a general action, a partial action.

Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4.

only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated. Burke. Eminent orators were engaged to advocate his cause. Mitford.

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

One engaged in an affray.

A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract.

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc. -- Ag`ri*cul"tur*al*ly, adv. Agricultural ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant which gathers and stores seeds of grasses, for food. The remarkable species (Myrmica barbata) found in Texas…