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engage: get caught; "make sure the gear is engaged"; keep engaged; "engaged the gears"; hire for work or assistance; "engage aid, help, services, or support"; carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"; ask to represent; of legal counsel; "I'm retaining a lawyer"

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spellbind collapse

immerse collapse: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water"; enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"

hypnotize collapse: induce hypnosis in

mesmerize collapse

preoccupy collapse: engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"; occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"

enchant collapse: hold spellbound

obsess collapse: be preoccupied with something; "She is obsessing over her weight"

monopolize collapse: have or exploit a monopoly of; "OPEC wants to monopolize oil"; have and control fully and exclusively; "He monopolizes the laser printer"

enthrall collapse

join battle collapse: engage in a conflict; "The battle over health care reform was joined"

fascinate collapse: to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra"

grab collapse: a mechanical device for gripping an object; capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination"; take or grasp suddenly; "She grabbed the child's hand and ran out of the room"; make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand; "The passenger grabbed for the oxygen mask"; obtain illegally or unscrupulously; "Grab power"

absorb collapse: cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"; engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"; take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"; assimilate or take in; "The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society"; take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"; become imbued; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb"; take up, as of debts or payments; "absorb the costs for something"; suck or take up or in; "A black star absorbs all matter"

engross collapse

occupy collapse: live (in a certain place); occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"

undertake collapse: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"; enter upon an activity or enterprise; accept as a charge; accept as a challenge; "I'll tackle this difficult task"

obligate collapse: restricted to a particular condition of life; "an obligate anaerobe can survive only in the absence of OXYGen"; commit in order to fulfill an obligation; "obligate money"

attempt collapse: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she gave it a good try"

specialize in collapse

beckon collapse: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends"; "He waved his hand hospitably"; summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture; appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"

employ collapse

participate collapse: share in something

move into collapse

work at collapse: to exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something; "the child worked at the multiplication table until she had it down cold"

embark upon collapse

bargain for collapse

prepossess collapse: make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"; cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"; possess beforehand

answer for collapse

engage in collapse

launch into collapse

enter upon collapse: take possession of; "She entered upon the estate of her rich relatives"

cope with collapse

take on collapse

involve collapse: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"; occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"; wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"; contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"; connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"; engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

take up collapse: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"; adopt; "take up new ideas"; turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age of fifty"; take up time or space; "take up the slack"

take to collapse: develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation; "She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"

denigrate collapse

fall into collapse: be included in or classified as; "This falls under the rubric 'various'"

tangle collapse: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government regulations"; a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they carved their way through the tangle of vines"

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