D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Engaging

/ĕn-gāj'-ĭng/ · En·ga·ging · IPA /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
01 a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
  1. 1.
    Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address.
Phrases & compounds
Engaging and disengaging gear — that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.