Pré'-en-gāge', v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PRE-ENGAGED; p. pr. & vb. n. PRE-ENGAGING.] To engage by previous contract or influence; to bind, attach, attract, or occupy, previously.

To Cipseus by his friends his suit he moved, But he was pre-engaged by former ties. Dryden.