Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Engineer \En`gi*neer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engineered}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Engineering}.]
   1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the
      work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. --J.
      Hamilton.

   2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of;
      to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress.
      [Colloq.]