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Webster 1828 Edition


Pre-engage

PRE-ENGA'GE

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Verb.
T.
[pre and engage.] To engage by previous contract.
To Cipseus by his friends his suit he mov'd,
But he was pre-engag'd by former ties.
1.
To engage or attach by previous influence.
The world has the unhappy advantage of pre-engaging our passions.
2.
To engage beforehand.