pre-engaged

We were pre-engaged (he gave me a ring to wear until he could afford an engagement ring).

Should we care about Tiger Woods? « Dating Jesus 2009

Meanwhile, the girl is now dating someone else and is pre-engaged.

Holly Cara Price: Rubbernecking: The Millionaire Matchmaker, Season 2 Premiere 2009

There was no end, she said, to the admirers who had deserted Indiana in despair; and she questioned if she would ever have any more, from the general belief of her being actually pre-engaged.

Camilla 2008

But as he seems to be pre-engaged Well, but I shall soon know every-thing, as to that.

Sir Charles Grandison 2006

But, sir, I was very far from having any encouragement to expect her favour; and I had much more reason to believe, that, if she could have hoped for your goodness, her heart would have been too much pre-engaged to think of any body else.

Pamela 2006

“Do you believe it possible that Ellena could have been insensible to your attentions, if her heart had not been pre-engaged, and that she would not have shewn herself at a lattice?”

The Italian 2004

He had solicited the same favour of some other families, in which he hoped to take root, though he knew they were pre-engaged to different physicians; and resolving to make his first medical appearance in London with some eclat, he not only purchased an old chariot, which was new painted for the purpose, but likewise hired

The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom 2004

Barton was pre-engaged: that he had the day before made a present of an etuis to Liddy, which her aunt had obliged her to receive, with a view, no doubt, to countenance her own accepting of a snuff-box at the same time; that my sister having made me acquainted with this incident, I had desired an explanation of Mr

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker 2004

With an aching heart, I submitted to these conditions, and performed them accordingly: but fortune owed me another unforeseen mortification; Mr. Marmozet, during the summer, became joint patentee with Mr. Brayer, so that when I claimed performance of articles, I was told he could do nothing without the consent of his partner, who was pre-engaged to another author.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004

For, though I looked upon myself as perfectly secure of a good reception, imagining that a patentee would be as eager to receive as I to present my production, I did not know whether or not he might be pre-engaged in favour of another author, a circumstance that would certainly retard my success.

The Adventures of Roderick Random 2004