engaged
Synonyms:
affianced, bespoke (also bespoken) [dialect], betrothed, promised [chiefly dialect].
Related Words:
absorbed, bound, committed, contracted, employed, engrossed, hooked, intended, interested, involved, matched, occupied, pinned, pledged, plighted, preoccupied, steady, working.
Antonyms:
unattached.
Origin:
First recorded in 1605–15; engage + -ed2. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of engaged: 1629. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
affianced, bespoke (also bespoken) [dialect], betrothed, promised [chiefly dialect].
Related Words:
absorbed, bound, committed, contracted, employed, engrossed, hooked, intended, interested, involved, matched, occupied, pinned, pledged, plighted, preoccupied, steady, working.
Antonyms:
unattached.
Origin:
First recorded in 1605–15; engage + -ed2. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of engaged: 1629. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.