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engineer designer or constructor of engines or works, orig. of military engines. XIV. ME. engineor, -our — OF. engignëor, -our (mod. ingénieur) :- medL. ingeniātor, -ōr-, f. ingeniāre, f. ingenium ENGINE. The ending was later assim. to -ier, -EER1.
Hence engineer vb. intr. XVII; tr. XIX.

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