>>>>Yes, and this appointment can similarly be referred to as a previous engagement, but you wouldn't say "I've got an engagement with someone": "appointment", "interview" (in this case), "date", "rendezvous", "triste", "meeting", etc.
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>>>>People can be engaged in conversation at any of these events.
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>>>Funny though, that they never get married in conversation afterwards :).
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>>Marry, they can't, sir (Shakespearean pun there - see below)
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>The link is incomplete... care to amend?
marry
Sorry :-) from the Merrian-Webster dictionary:
2 entries found for marry.
marry[1,verb]marry[2,interjection]
Main Entry: marry
Function: interjection
Etymology: Middle English marie, from Marie, the Virgin Mary
archaic -- used for emphasis and especially to express amused or surprised agreement
- Whoever said that women are the weaker sex never tried to wrest the bedclothes off one in the middle of the night
- Worry is the interest you pay, in advance, for a loan that you may never need to take out.