(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:11:44

Pre`en*gage" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preengaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Preengaging (?).]

To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.

But he was preengaged by former ties. Dryden.

 

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