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Definition engine

Etymology

Borrowed 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”), from ingenitum, past participle of ingign? (“to instil by birth, implant, produce in”). Compare gin, ingenious.

Noun

engine (plural engines)

1. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc. [from 14th c.]
2. (now archaic) A tool; a utensil or implement. [from 14th c.]
3. A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects. [from 16th c.]
4. A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force. [from 16th c.]
5. The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion. [from 19th c.]
6. A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track. [from 19th c.]
7. (computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). [from 20th c.]
8. (obsolete) Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile. [13th-17th c.]
9. (obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme. [13th-18th c.]
10. (obsolete) Natural talent; genius. [14th-17th c.]
11. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Verb

engine (third-person singular simple present engines, present participle engining, simple past and past participle engined)

1. (transitive, dated) To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To assault with an engine.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive; to put into action.
4. (transitive, obsolete) To rack; to torture.

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