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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Preëngagement

· Pre·ën·gage·ment · IPA
01 n. Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.
  1. 1.
    Prior engagement, obligation, or attachment, as by contract, promise, or affection.
    “My preëngagements to other themes were not unknown to those for whom I was to write.” Boyle.