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Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight. Engaged column. (Arch.) Same as Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.

With attachment; with interest; earnestly.

The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.

Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.

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.

In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

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.

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

One engaged in an affray.

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…

One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman. The farmer is always a practitioner, the agriculturist may be a mere theorist. Crabb.

One versed or engaged in agriology.

ll, Home, Large, Last (phrase and syn.), Length, Once, etc. -- At it, busily or actively engaged. -- At least. See Least and However. -- At one. See At one, in the Vocabulary.

rshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.

Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.

general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.

The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.