Encaged vs. Engaged — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Encaged and Engaged
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Encaged
To confine in or as if in a cage.
Engaged
Busy; occupied.
Encaged
Simple past tense and past participle of encage
Engaged
Having formally agreed to marry
The newly engaged couple
Keith and I had got engaged four months before
She was engaged to a lecturer
Engaged
(of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.
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Engaged
Employed, occupied, or busy.
Engaged
Committed, as to a cause.
Engaged
Pledged to marry; betrothed
An engaged couple.
Engaged
Involved in conflict or battle.
Engaged
Being in gear; meshed.
Engaged
Partly embedded in, built into, or attached to another part, as columns on a wall.
Engaged
Simple past tense and past participle of engage
Engaged
Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or fiancée) or each other.
Engaged
Busy or employed.
Engaged
Greatly interested.
Engaged
(British) (of a telephone) Already involved in a telephone call when a third party calls.
I tried calling, but she (or her phone) was engaged.
Engaged
Attached to a wall or sunk into it halfway
Engaged
(of gears or cogs) in contact and in operation
Engaged
(military) being attacked or attacking
Engaged
Having the widest part of its presenting part, usually the head, enter the pelvic brim or inlet.
Engaged
Synonym of engagé
Engaged
Occupied; employed; busy.
Engaged
Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.
Engaged
Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.
Engaged
Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight.
Engaged
Having ones attention or mind or energy engaged;
She keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities
Deeply engaged in conversation
Engaged
Involved in military hostilities;
The desperately engaged ships continued the fight
Engaged
Reserved in advance
Engaged
(of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line);
Her line is busy
Receptionists' telephones are always engaged
The lavatory is in use
Kept getting a busy signal
Engaged
(used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting;
The gears are engaged
Meshed gears
Intermeshed twin rotors
Engaged
Having services contracted for;
The carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick
Engaged
Built against or attached to a wall;
Engaged columns
Engaged
Pledged to be married;
The engaged couple
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