engage
verb/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
Frequency rank: #2,577 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
To attract and hold someone's interest or attention.
Example sentence
The teacher tried to engage her students with an interesting story.
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