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Preengage
(gcide) | Preengage \Pre`["e]n*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pre["e]ngaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pre["e]ngaging.]
To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;
to preoccupy.
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But he was pre["e]ngaged by former ties. --Dryden.
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Preengaged
(gcide) | Preengage \Pre`["e]n*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Pre["e]ngaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Pre["e]ngaging.]
To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;
to preoccupy.
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But he was pre["e]ngaged by former ties. --Dryden.
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Preengagement
(gcide) | Preengagement \Pre`["e]n*gage"ment\, n.
Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract,
promise, or affection.
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My pre["e]ngagements to other themes were not unknown
to those for whom I was to write. --Boyle.
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