preengage

or pre-en·gage

[ pree-en-geyj ]

/ ˌpri ɛnˈgeɪdʒ /

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verb (used with or without object), pre·en·gaged, pre·en·gag·ing.

to engage beforehand.

to put under obligation, especially to marry, by a prior engagement.

to win the favor or attention of beforehand: Other matters preengaged him.

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Origin of preengage

First recorded in 1640–50; pre- + engage

How to use preengage in a sentence

He has picked pre-primary brawls with Christie, Perry, and Marco Rubio.
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Then we all have to do our part to engage the officers and our community, and hold everyone accountable in the process.
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The Millennial Action Project (MAP) seeks to engage young people in politics and give them more of a voice in governing.
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At that time, pre -9/11, the links were more subtle and had to be hunted down.
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While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
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The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.
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Doubtless the commentator habit is fixed in the nature of man; but it was pre-eminently mediaeval.
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He continued its sale, however, as a kingly monopoly, allowing only those to engage in it who paid him for the privilege.
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We have other things to engage us now, but I sometimes think all is not gain that the march of progress brings.
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From pre-natal days I was destined for the railway service, as an oyster to its shell.
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