ENGA'GING, participle present tense Pawning; making liable for debt; enlisting; bringing into a party or cause; promising; binding; winning and attaching; encountering; embarking. 1. Winning; attractive; tending to draw the attention or the affections; pleasing; as engaging manners or address.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI