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preoccupate

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Borrowed from past participle stem of Latin praeoccupare, from prae- (“pre-”) + occupare (“occupy”); equivalent to pre- + occupate. Doublet of preoccupy.

verb preoccupates · preoccupating · preoccupated · præoccupate

  1. obsolete To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with. the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present.
  2. obsolete To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.

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@misc{preoccupate_2026,
  title = {preoccupate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/preoccupate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}