engager en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English engage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English engager From engage + -er.
Meanings
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One who, or that which, engages.
engagers in conflicts
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One who, or that which, engages. ▸ A particle or compound which engages certain cells in a process.
To address this limitation, strategies for redirecting T cells to treat cancer are being intensively investigated, while the bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) therapy constitutes one of the most promising therapeutic approaches.
2021 May 26, Shujie Zhou, Mingguo Liu, Fei Ren, Xiangjiao Meng, Jinming Yu, “The landscape of bispecific T cell engager in cancer treatment”, in Biomarker Research, volume 9, →DOI, article 38, page 1:
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One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety.
Several sufficient citizens were engagers.
1834, George Godfrey Cunningham, Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| engagers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |