engage (v.) Old form(s): engag'd , ingag'd
hold as a hostage
1H4 IV.iii.95[Hotspur to Blunt, of King Henry] suffered his kinsman March ... to be engaged in Wales
1H4 V.ii.43[Douglas to all] I have thrown / A brave defiance in King Henry's teeth, / And Westmorland that was engaged did bear it
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