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engaged

adjective
  1. having ones attention or mind or energy engaged
    occupied
  2. built against or attached to a wall
    “engaged columns”
  3. having services contracted for
    “the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick”
  4. (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting
    “the gears are engaged”
    intermeshed
  5. involved in military hostilities
    “the desperately engaged ships continued the fight”
  6. (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability
    “(`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)”
    busy
  7. reserved in advance
    bookedset-aside