Word Meanings - WORKFELLOW - Book Publishers vocabulary database
One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.
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- COMPANIONLESS
Without a companion. - ANOTHER-GUESS
Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. - COMPANIONABLE
Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv. - COMPANION
companio , fr. L. com- + panis 1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; - ENGAGING
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 disengaging gear or machinery, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought - ENGAGEDNESS
The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal. - ANOTHER
1. One more, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect. Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. 2. Not the same; different. He winks, - ENGAGE
To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part. (more info) Etym: 1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as - ENGAGER
One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Several sufficient citizens were engagers. Wood. - ANOTHER-GAINES
Of another kind. Sir P. Sidney. - ENGAGEDLY
With attachment; with interest; earnestly. - ENGAGED
1. Occupied; employed; busy. 2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed. 3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest. 4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, - COMPANIONSHIP
Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one. Shak. He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship. W. Irwing - ENGAGEMENT
An action; a fight; a battle. In hot engagement with the Moors. Dryden. (more info) 1. The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest. 2. The state of being engaged, pledged or occupied; specif., a pledge to take - ANOTHER-GATES
Of another sort. "Another-gates adventure." Hudibras. - REENGAGEMENT
A renewed or repeated engagement. - GREENGAGE
A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage. - DISENGAGING
Loosing; setting free; detaching. Disengaging machinery. See under Engaging. - PREENGAGEMENT
Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection. My preëngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write. Boyle. - DRENGAGE
The tenure by which a drench held land. Burrill. - DISENGAGEMENT
1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. Transl. of Lavoisier. A disengagement from earthly trammels. Sir W. Jones. 2. Freedom - DISENGAGED
Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant. -- Dis`en*ga"ged*ness, n.