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   engaged

   /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd/

   adjective

   • 1. busy; occupied. Similar busyunavailableoccupiedinformal:tied uphave a prior engagementOpposite freeunoccupied
   • ▪ (of a phone line) unavailable because already in use: British "she rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged"
   • ▪ (of a toilet) already in use.
   • 2. having formally agreed to marry: "Keith and I had got engaged four months before" Similar betrothedaffiancedpromised in marriageattachedinvolvedinformal:spoken forarchaic:plightedespousedOpposite unattached
   • 3. (of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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   • N

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