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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) : [ foldoc ]


  engine
       
           1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some
          function but can't be used without some kind of front end.
          Today we have, especially, "{print engine": the guts of a
          laser printer.
       
          2. An analogous piece of software; notionally, one that does a
          lot of noisy crunching, such as a "database engine", or
          "{search engine".
       
          The hackish senses of "engine" are actually close to its
          original, pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever
          device, or instrument (the word is cognate to "ingenuity").
          This sense had not been completely eclipsed by the modern
          connotation of power-transducing machinery in Charles
          Babbage's time, which explains why he named the
          stored-program computer that he designed in 1844 the
          "{Analytical Engine".
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1996-05-31)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Engine \En"gine\ ([e^]n"j[i^]n), n. [F. engin skill, machine,
     engine, L. ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the
     root of gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf.
     Ingenious, Gin a snare.]
     1.
  
     Note: (Pronounced, in this sense, [e^]n*j[=e]n".) Natural
           capacity; ability; skill. [Obs.]
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 A man hath sapiences three,
                 Memory, engine, and intellect also. --Chaucer.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
        contrivance; a machine; an agent. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You see the ways the fisherman doth take
              To catch the fish; what engines doth he make?
                                                    --Bunyan.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
              these engines of lust.                --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
        especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
        ``Terrible engines of death.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
        applied to produce a given physical effect.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
        engineer of a locomotive.
  
     Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
  
     Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
  
     Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
        means of a rose engine.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
           machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
           some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
           distinguished according to the source of power, as
           steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
           the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
           as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
           some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
           single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
           low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Engine \En"gine\, v. t.
     1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To engine and batter our walls.       --T. Adams.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam
        vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and
        engined by another.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Pronounced, in this sense, ?????.) To rack; to torture.
        [Obs.] --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) : [ jargon ]


  engine n. 1. A piece of hardware that encapsulates some function but
     can't be used without some kind of front end. Today we have,
     especially, `print engine': the guts of a laser printer. 2. An analogous
     piece of software; notionally, one that does a lot of noisy crunching,
     such as a `database engine'.
  
     The hacker senses of `engine' are actually close to its original,
     pre-Industrial-Revolution sense of a skill, clever device, or instrument
     (the word is cognate to `ingenuity'). This sense had not been completely
     eclipsed by the modern connotation of power-transducing machinery in
     Charles Babbage's time, which explains why he named the stored-program
     computer that he designed in 1844 the `Analytical Engine'.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Engine \En"gine\, n. [F. engin skill, machine, engine, L.
     ingenium natural capacity, invention; in in + the root of
     gignere to produce. See Genius, and cf. Ingenious, Gin
     a snare.]
     1. (Pronounced, in this sense, ????.) Natural capacity;
        ability; skill. [Obs.]
  
              A man hath sapiences three, Memory, engine, and
              intellect also.                       --Chaucer.
  
     2. Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or
        contrivance; an agent. --Shak.
  
              You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch
              the fish; what engines doth he make?  --Bunyan.
  
              Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all
              these engines of lust.                --Shak.
  
     3. Any instrument by which any effect is produced;
        especially, an instrument or machine of war or torture.
        ``Terrible engines of death.'' --Sir W. Raleigh.
  
     4. (Mach.) A compound machine by which any physical power is
        applied to produce a given physical effect.
  
     Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the
        engineer of a locomotive.
  
     Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe.
  
     Engine tool, a machine tool. --J. Whitworth.
  
     Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by
        means of a rose engine.
  
     Note: The term engine is more commonly applied to massive
           machines, or to those giving power, or which produce
           some difficult result. Engines, as motors, are
           distinguished according to the source of power, as
           steam engine, air engine, electro-magnetic engine; or
           the purpose on account of which the power is applied,
           as fire engine, pumping engine, locomotive engine; or
           some peculiarity of construction or operation, as
           single-acting or double-acting engine, high-pressure or
           low-pressure engine, condensing engine, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Engine \En"gine\, v. t.
     1. To assault with an engine. [Obs.]
  
              To engine and batter our walls.       --T. Adams.
  
     2. To equip with an engine; -- said especially of steam
        vessels; as, vessels are often built by one firm and
        engined by another.
  
     3. (Pronounced, in this sense, ?????.) To rack; to torture.
        [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  engine
       n 1: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
       2: something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
       3: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that
          is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn: locomotive,
           locomotive engine, railway locomotive]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 μηχανή
     2 (ετ πληροφ en) εξειδικευμένος τμήμα λογισμικό που εξυπηρετεί
  συγκεκριμένες λειτουργίες

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     n.
     1 A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram,
  catapult etc. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a
  specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). (from 20th c.)
     8 (lb en obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.  13th 17th
  c.)
     9 (lb en obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a
  contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.  13th 18th c.)
     10 (lb en obsolete) Natural talent; genius.  14th 17th c.)
     11 Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an
  agent.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive dated) To equip with an engine; said especially
  of steam vessels.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To assault with an engine.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     n.
     1 A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram,
  catapult etc. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a
  specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). (from 20th c.)
     8 (lb en obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.  13th 17th
  c.)
     9 (lb en obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a
  contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.  13th 18th c.)
     10 (lb en obsolete) Natural talent; genius.  14th 17th c.)
     11 Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an
  agent.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive dated) To equip with an engine; said especially
  of steam vessels.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To assault with an engine.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     n.
     1 A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram,
  catapult etc. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a
  specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). (from 20th c.)
     8 (lb en obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.  13th 17th
  c.)
     9 (lb en obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a
  contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.  13th 18th c.)
     10 (lb en obsolete) Natural talent; genius.  14th 17th c.)
     11 Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an
  agent.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive dated) To equip with an engine; said especially
  of steam vessels.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To assault with an engine.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     n.
     1 A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram,
  catapult etc. (from 14th c.)
     2 (lb en 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 (lb en computing) A software or hardware system responsible for a
  specific technical task (usually with qualifying word). (from 20th c.)
     8 (lb en obsolete) ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.  13th 17th
  c.)
     9 (lb en obsolete) The result of cunning; something ingenious, a
  contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.  13th 18th c.)
     10 (lb en obsolete) Natural talent; genius.  14th 17th c.)
     11 Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an
  agent.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive dated) To equip with an engine; said especially
  of steam vessels.
     2 (lb en transitive obsolete) To assault with an engine.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     Englanti n.
     1 moottori
     2 (AmE) veturi
     3 pelimoottori

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  engine
     Engelska n.
     1 (tagg teknik språk=en) motor; anordning som utvinner rörelseenergi
  ur annan energi
     2 (tagg teknik språk=en) lokomotiv

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/
  masjien

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/
  المحرّك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  engine //ˈend͡ʒɘn// //ˈend͡ʒən// //ˈend͡ʒɪn// //ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn// 
  1. дви́гател
  influential group
  2. дви́гател, мото́р
  mechanical device

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/
  hnací stroj

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/
  spalovací motor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  motor

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  engine /ˈɛndʒɪn/ 
  stroj