Meaning of pregage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To preengage.
   obsolete
2. To gauge beforehand; to make an initial estimate of size, magnitude or position.
   US

Examples

“by oath pregaged to the pope”

“Ninthly, that the members of that Council of Trent, both Bishops and Abbots, were by Oath pregaged to the Pope, "to defend⟳ and maintain⟳ his authority against all the world."”

“Say⟳ to parliament that, as they have⟳ retained a part of their senses, and did not seek⟳ to force⟳ upon me, their rightful queen, a husband by name⟳, nor yet so far forget⟳ themselves as to fix⟳ a date⟳ which, in their great minds, should be the limit⟳ of my singleness, I do answer⟳ to their broad address, that I will take⟳ the matter⟳, of which you speak⟳ to freely, into my mind⟳ for reflection, and, if I can be made to feel⟳ the need⟳ of this which you have⟳ pregaged to deliver⟳ to me, I will inform⟳ your honorable body.”

“At the outset, however, he either failed utterly to pregage the possibilities of the method, or else through modesty declined to let⟳ his imagination take⟳ wings; for we find⟳ him, in an interview published in McClure's Magazine in 1897, when a considerable measure⟳ of success had been attained, declaring that it would be possible by the perfection of his method to send⟳ signals to a distance of at least twenty miles.”

“As in most rail renewal operations, a plate setting device is used to pregage the tie plates for the DUN-RITE GAGING MACHINE.”

“The upper rolls pregage the plastics sheet and the lower ones widen it and produce⟳ the desired thickness.”

“Still others have⟳ a series of psychological tests to pregage the likelihood of success of the joint venture.”

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