PRE-ENGAGE

v.t.[pre and engage. ] To engage by previous contract. To Cipseus by his friends his suit he mov'd,
But he was pre-engag'd by former ties.
1. To engage or attach by previous influence.
The world has the unhappy advantage of pre-engaging our passions.
2. To engage beforehand.

PRE-ENGAGED

pp. Previously engaged by contract or influence.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT

n.Prior engagement; as by stipulation or promise. A would accept my invitation, but for his pre-engagement to B. 1. Any previous attachment binding the will or affections.
My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write.