engage
I
(hire) verb
appoint, arrange for the services of, arrange for the use of, bind, book, charter, commission, conducere, contract for, employ, enlist, enlist in one's service, fill a position, give a job to, give a situation to, give employment to, lease, let, obtain, procure, put to work, put under contract, reserve, retain, secure, set to work, staff with, take into one's employ, take into service
associated concepts: engage the services of an employee
II
(involve) verb
absorb, assail, associate, attack, battle, become involved, bring into conflict, busy, carry on hostilities, combat, compete, connect, contend, contest, draw in, encounter, engross, enmesh, entangle, enter into, enter into conflict with, entertain, fight with, fill one's time, gear with, hold the interest of, incipere, interest, interlock, join battle with, link, meet, mesh together, occupy, oppose, partake, participate, share, struggle, take on, take part, tangle, undertake, wage war, war with
associated concepts: doing business, engaged in agriculture, engaged in commerce, engaged in doing business, engaged in interstate commerce, engaged in manufacture, engaged in transacting business, primarily engaged, principally engaged
III
index
agree (contract), appoint, assume (undertake), book, charge (empower), coax, commit (entrust), contend (dispute), contract, delegate, employ (engage services), fight (battle), hire, immerse (engross), implicate, induct, lease, monopolize, nominate, participate, promise (vow), provide (arrange for), pursue (carry on), register, rent, retain (employ), stipulate
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006