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Webster 1913 Edition
Preengage
Preˊën-gage′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Preëngaged
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preëngaging
.] To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
But he was
preëngaged
by former ties. Dryden.
Definition 2024
preengage
preengage
English
Verb
preengage (third-person singular simple present preengages, present participle preengaging, simple past and past participle preengaged)
- (transitive) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously.
- But he was preengaged by former ties. — Dryden.