Meaning

• A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.

• A tool; a utensil or implement.

• A complex mechanical device which converts energy into useful motion or physical effects.

• A person or group of people which influence a larger group; a driving force.

• The part of a car or other vehicle which provides the force for motion, now especially one powered by internal combustion.

• A self-powered vehicle, especially a locomotive, used for pulling cars along a track.

• A software or hardware system responsible for a specific technical task (usually with qualifying word).

  "a graphics engine"

• Ingenuity; cunning, trickery, guile.

• The result of cunning; something ingenious, a contrivance; (in negative senses) a plot, a scheme.

• Natural talent; genius.

• Anything used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent.

Meaning

• To equip with an engine; said especially of steam vessels.

  "Vessels are often built by one firm and engined by another."

• To assault with an engine.

• To contrive; to put into action.

• To rack; to torture.