Meanings
plural preengagements
- A prior engagement or obligation, for example by contract or promise.
unchangeable preengagement
1 more example
1650s-1660s', Robert Boyle, Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chymical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy My pre-engagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write.
Origin
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preengagement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preengagement
“preengagement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preengagement. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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