engaged
“in Wales—To be,”
1 HENRY IV., iv. 3. 95
;
“Westmoreland, that was engaged, did bear it,”
1 HENRY IV., v. 2. 44.
“Engaged” in these two passages means, “delivered (or detained) as a gage, pledge, hostage.”
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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