PRE-ENGA'GE, verb transitive [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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI