Definition for PRE-EN-GAGE'MENT

PRE-EN-GAGE'MENT, n.

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

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