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  • 21Engaged in one precept, exempt from another — The idea that someone who is engaged in the performance of one precept of the Law is exempt from another precept is a concept in rabbinical Judaism. In Hebrew this is rendered עוסק במצוה פטור מן המצוה, osek b mitzvah patur min hamitzvah (lit.… …

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  • 22engaged workaholic — n. A person who works compulsively because he or she loves their job. engaged workaholism n. Example Citations: Though unhappy clock watchers...may be tempted to call her a workaholic endangering health, psyche and personal life by being too… …

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  • 23engaged — en|gaged [ ın geıdʒd ] adjective ** 1. ) FORMAL involved in doing something a ) be otherwise engaged to be unable to do something because you have already arranged to do something else 2. ) if two people are engaged, they have formally agreed to… …

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  • 24Engaged (Arisa Mizuki song) — Single infobox Name = Engaged Artist = Arisa Mizuki from Album = Released = February 6, 2008 Format = Maxi Single Recorded = Genre = J pop Length = 26:50 Label = avex tune Writer = Producer = Chart position = Reviews = Last single = Se Ra Bi… …

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  • 25engaged — engagedly /en gay jid lee, gayjd /, adv. engagedness, n. /en gayjd /, adj. 1. busy or occupied; involved: deeply engaged in conversation. 2. pledged to be married; betrothed: an engaged couple. 3. under engagement; pledged: an engaged contractor …

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  • 26engaged*/ — [ɪnˈgeɪdʒd] adj 1) if two people are engaged, they have formally agreed to get married She s engaged to someone she met at work.[/ex] We got engaged about this time last year.[/ex] 2) if something is engaged, you cannot use it now because someone …

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  • 27Engaged column — In architecture, an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three quarter detached. Engaged columns are rarely found in classical Greek architecture, and then… …

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  • 28Engaged — Engage En*gage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engaging}.] [F. engager; pref. en (L. in) + gage pledge, pawn. See {Gage}.] 1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a… …

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  • 29Engaged and Underage — Infobox television show name = Engaged and Underage caption = format = Reality runtime = Half hour 22 minutes (with commercials) creator = starring = opentheme = Oh, It Is Love hellogoodbye endtheme = country = United States network = MTV first… …

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  • 30Engaged — When you ring someone and they are already on the phone you will get the engaged tone. In other words, they will be engaged. You would say you get the busysignal or the line is busy …

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