Ingage vs. Engage — What's the Difference?

Obsolete spelling of engage

Occupy or attract (someone's interest or attention)

Participate or become involved in

Arrange to employ or hire (someone)

(with reference to a part of a machine or engine) move into position so as to come into operation

(of fencers or swordsmen) bring (weapons) together preparatory to fighting.

(of a writer or artist) committed to a particular aim or cause.

Actively committed, as to a political cause.

To obtain or contract for the services of; employ

To arrange for the use of; reserve

(transitive) To interact socially.

To engross or hold the attention of; to keep busy or occupied.

To draw into conversation.

To attract, to please; (archaic) to fascinate or win over (someone).

To interact antagonistically.

(transitive) To enter into conflict with (an enemy).

(intransitive) To enter into battle.

To interact contractually.

(transitive) To arrange to employ or use (a worker, a space, etc.).

(intransitive) To guarantee or promise (to do something).

(transitive) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) usually in passive.

To pledge, pawn (one's property); to put (something) at risk or on the line; to mortgage (houses, land).

To interact mechanically.

To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch).

To come into gear with.

(intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

To entangle.

To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise.

To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service.

To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw.

To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part.

To promise or pledge one's self; to enter into an obligation; to become bound; to warrant.

To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self; to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy.

To enter into conflict; to join battle; as, the armies engaged in a general battle.

To be in gear, as two cogwheels working together.

Carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in;

Engage or engross wholly;

Engage or hire for work;

Ask to represent; of legal counsel;

Give to in marriage

Get caught;

As of wars, battles, or campaigns;

As of aid, help, services, or support

Engage for service under a term of contract;

Keep engaged;