Engage
State
State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They then engage in a very ill-advised consensual sexual encounter with her in that state.
Source: Unwilling Suspension -
Police Are Useless: Justified, since the police forces of Seattle and Washington State are not meant to engage professional soldiers, armoured vehicles and attack helicopters.
Source: Video Game / World in Conflict -
Benevolent, politically-neutral (their priests are forbidden to engage in matters of the state), and deeply protective of refugees and pilgrims.
Source: Saintly Church
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