Pronunciation: /ɪnˈgeɪdʒd, ɛn-/
adjective
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1 [predic.] busy; occupied.
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British (of a telephone line) unavailable because already in use: she rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged
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(of a toilet) already in use.
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2having formally agreed to marry: Keith and I had got engaged four months before she was engaged to a lecturer the newly engaged couple
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3 Architecture (of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.