pregage meaning (obsolete): definition, quotations

pregage

verb

Obsolete To preengage.

by oath pregaged to the pope1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
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."1670, Peter Heylyn, Ecclesia Restavrata: Or, the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, page 148:

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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.1892, Aldémah, The Queens, page 53:

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

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.1923, Henry Smith Williams, The Story of Modern Science- Volume 9, page 39:
As in most rail renewal operations, a plate setting device is used to pregage the tie plates for the DUN-RITE GAGING MACHINE.1952, Railway Engineering and Maintenance - Volume 48, page 1029:

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The upper rolls pregage the plastics sheet and the lower ones widen it and produce the desired thickness.1953, SPE Journal - Volumes 9-10, page 34:
Still others have a series of psychological tests to pregage the likelihood of success of the joint venture.1970, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Urban and Rural Economic Development, The Impact of Franchising on Small Business, page 482:

adj

Rare Before gauging.

removes parts one at a time from the bottom of the loading tray and cycles them to a probe station for a pregage check to ensure that they are within the required size.1982, Production Engineering - Volume 29, page 55:
When a gaging machine is used, the pregage setting is 1/8 to 1/4 in. tighter than the desired gage.1985, The Track Cyclopedia, page 181: