Engage
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To pledge, to put something at risk or on the line. To guarantee or promise (to do something.) To bind through legal or moral obligation (to do something, especially to marry) (usually in passive) To engross or hold the attention of someone. To fascinate or win over someone. To employ or obtain the services of someone. To reserve or arrange the use of. To mesh or interlock (of machinery, especially a clutch). To cause to mesh or interlock. To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with ). To keep busy or occupied. To attract, to draw into conversation. To enter into conflict with (an enemy). To enter into battle. To bring together or prepare before fighting. In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms). To bring the enemy under fire. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms).
Example sentence: I think lawyers who engage in pro bono service to protect those who cannot help themselves are truly the heroes and the heroines of the legal profession.
Lease
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To operate or live in some property or land through purchasing a long-term contract (or leasehold) from the owner (or freeholder).To gather what harvesters have left behind; to glean.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified period in exchange for a specified rentThe period of such a contractA leasehold
Example sentence: There is never a shortage anywhere of lawyers eager to attack the First Amendment, as though it were nothing more than a clause in a lease from a crooked slumlord.