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: When people talk, they lay lines on each other, do a lot of role playing, sidestep, shilly-shally and engage in all manner of vagueness and innuendo. We do this and expect others to do it, yet at the same time we profess to long for the plain truth, for people to say what they mean, simple as that. Such hypocrisy is a human universal.
Prosecute
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To start civil or criminal proceedings against.To charge, try.To pursue something to the end.