preengage

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/ˌpriː.ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

verb

To engage previously.

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Meanings

verbpreengage (third-person singular simple present preengages, present participle preengaging, simple past and past participle preengaged)

present singular third person preengages · participle present preengaging · participle past preengaged · past preengaged · alternative pre-engage

  1. transitiveTo engage previously.

    But he was preengaged by former ties.

    1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
    2 more examples

    A deed of gift is when I do freely befow ſomewhat upon another without preengaging so to do

    1676, Abraham Clifford, Methodus Evangelica

    Because the gear pinion of the preengaged motor is both drawn into the ring gear and is spinning at the moment of engagement, over time both the flywheel ring gear and the starter gear pinion wear.

    2017, Daniel Stapleton, The MG Midget & Austin-Healey Sprite

Origin

From pre- + engage.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with preengage

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APA

preengage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preengage

MLA

“preengage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preengage. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preengage,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preengage.

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