preengageとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˌpriː.ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/

動詞

preengage (三人称単数 現在形 preengages, 現在分詞 preengaging, 過去形および過去分詞形 preengaged)

1. (transitive) To engage previously.
   • 1676, Abraham Clifford, Methodus Evangelica:

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

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Cymon and Iphigenia, from Boccace”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], OCLC 228732415:

     But he was preengaged by former ties.

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

     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.