preengage
or pre-en·gage
[pree-en-geyj]
- 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
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Historical Examples
If you are not pre-engaged, therefore, I would gladly tell you what is on my mind.
The Duchess of TrajettoAnne Manning
Were they not Arthurs people, pre-engaged to their own pastor?
Salem Chapel, v. 2/2Mrs. Oliphant
She always had a nosegay for the German, and a partner who had pre-engaged her.
The Adventures of a WidowEdgar Fawcett
I told them I was pre-engaged, and endeavoured to apologise.
The Worlds Greatest BooksArthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.
Is this story about pre-engaged affections merely a got up thing, to try the force of my attachment for her?
The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, CompleteCharles James Lever (1806-1872)