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Word: Engine
Speech Type: Noun
Middle English (formerly also as ingine): from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium ‘talent, device’, from in- ‘in’ + gignere ‘beget’; compare with ingenious. The original sense was ‘ingenuity, cunning’ (surviving in Scots as ingine), hence ‘the product of ingenuity, a plot or snare’, also ‘tool, weapon’, later specifically denoting a large mechanical weapon; whence a machine (mid 17th century), used commonly later in combinations such as steam engine, internal combustion engine
ˈɛn(d)ʒ(ɪ)n
a machine with moving parts that converts power into motion
Short Definition:machine converting power into motion
Examples:- the roar of a car engine
- engine failure
a locomotive.
Short Definition:locomotive
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