engine

SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn//
Australien//ˈend͡ʒɪn//
//ˈɪnd͡ʒɪn//
//ˈɛnd͡ʒən//

A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

Substantiv

1
A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
Their warlike Engins and munition Exceed the forces of their martial men.
2
altertümlichA tool; a utensil or implement.
Flattery must be the most powerful Argument that cou'd be used to Human Creatures. Making use of this bewitching Engine, they extoll'd the Excellency of our Nature above other Animals [...].
What if the Foot, ordain'd the duſt to tread, / Or Hand, to toil, aſpir'd to be the Head? / What if the Head, the Eye, or Ear repin'd / To ſerve mere Engines to the ruling Mind?
3
A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.
4
A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.
In France, the parliament soon became a mere engine in the hands of a few high-born and ambitious men, who had nothing in common with its interests, which were those of the people.
5
The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.
6
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track.
7
A self-powered vehicle used for moving cars along a track. A locomotive.
8
A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).
a graphics engine
a physics engine
9
veraltetIngenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.
10
veraltetThe result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.
Therefore this craftie engine he did frame, / Againſt his praiſe to ſtirre vp enmitye [...].
11
veraltetNatural talent; genius.
12
Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.
[...] their promiſes, entiſements, oathes, tokens, and all theſe engines of luſt [...].
You ſee the ways the Fiſher-man doth take / To catch the Fiſh; what Engins doth he make?

Herkunft

From Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, Old French engin (“skill, cleverness, war machine”), from Latin ingenium (“innate or natural quality, nature, genius, a genius, an invention, (in Late Latin) a war-engine, battering-ram”), related to ingignō (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious, engineer.

Verb

1
veraltendTo equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another.
2
veraltetTo assault with an engine.
to engine and batter our walls
3
veraltetTo contrive; to put into action.

Formen

Plural: engines
Präteritum: engined
Partizip II: engined
Partizip I: engining
3. Person Singular: engines

engaged · Having agreed to marry a particular person (one's fiancé or…engagement · An appointment, especially to speak or perform.engaging · Tending to engage attention or interest; engrossing,…

engine · A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

engineer · A soldier engaged in designing or constructing military works…engineered · Produced by engineering; designed and manufactured according…engineering · The application of mathematics and the physical sciences to…

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