Preengage

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preengage \Pre`["e]n*gage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Pre["e]ngaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pre["e]ngaging}.]
     To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously;
     to preoccupy.
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           But he was pre["e]ngaged by former ties. --Dryden.
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