engineer-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: design as an engineer

Examples:
He engineered the water supply system.
They engineered the bridge on theory, not on calculations that can be done on computer models.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: engineer.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Examples:
He engineered the robbery.
She was the operating head of a portfolio company, where she engineered a merger with Planning Technologies.
She engineered more than one lasting romance with her dinner parties.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: engineer.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2