Dictionary entry

Engaging

Webster's Dictionary 1913

En‐ga″ging (?), a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. — En‐ga″ging‐ly, adv. — En‐ga″ging‐ness, n.

Engaging and disengaginggear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.