† preoccupateadj.

Forms: 1500s–1700s preoccupate; Scottish pre-1700 preoccupat.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeoccupātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin praeoccupātus, past participle of praeoccupāre preoccupate v. Compare preoccupate v. and slightly later preoccupied adj.

Obsolete.

That has been taken or decided upon in advance; influenced, biased, prejudiced.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective]

prejudicial1535

forestalled1543

forejudging1571

unindifferent1571

apassioned1574

prejudicate1579

prejudiced1579

preoccupate1587

preoccupiedc1598

prejudicious1599

prepossessed1611

prejudicated1633

biased1642

prejudiciary1642

prejudicant1645

prejudicatory1652

parti pris1923

value-laden1936

slanted1959

1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. To Christian Reader sig. ¶4 I know that some, too much dazeled by preoccupate affection, and wholy mancipated to their forestalled opinion, will be still picking byous quarrels, to replie vpon one thing or another.

1602 J. Colville Parænese Ep. 17 Vithout partiall or preoccupat iugment.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Preoccupate, prevented, over~reached, taken aforehand.

1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. 17 Then the Idea's wherewith the mind is preoccupate.

1760 J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont Young Ladies Mag. 1 p. xvi (advt.) Their minds have not received any other impressions, and are not preoccupate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

† preoccupatev.

Forms: 1500s–1600s praeoccupate, 1500s–1700s preoccupate, 1600s praeoccupate (past participle), 1600s preocupate; Scottish pre-1700 preoccupat, pre-1700 preocupat (past participle).

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeoccupāt-, praeoccupāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin praeoccupāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praeoccupāre to seize beforehand, to engage in advance, to involve beforehand, to anticipate, forestall < prae- pre- prefix + occupāre occupy v. Compare earlier preoccupy v. and occupate v. Compare also preoccupate adj.

Obsolete.

1. transitive. To take possession of (the mind) in advance; to prepossess; to influence, bias, prejudice; (chiefly in passive) to be preoccupied with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > beforehand

preoccupate1582

prepossess1614

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > judge with prejudice [verb (transitive)] > cause prejudice in

prevent1551

forestall?1571

bias1581

preoccupate1582

prejudicate1602

prejudice1610

pre-engage1646

prepossess1647

preoccupya1658

tamper1687

1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. b ij b If the preiudice of any erroneous persuasion preoccupate the mind.

1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 256 Lest the pleasure of the Eye preoccupate the Iudgment.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Acts xxv. 11) A corrupt Judge, notoriously forestalled and preoccupated.

1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 2 To preoccupate and prepossess his Readers with an opinion of his Modesty.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 252 The late Omen of approaching Evil had preoccupated his Thoughts.

1753 W. Stith Hist. Virginia (new ed.) v. 292 To bring Matters, determined by the Council or Company, before the Commissioners, was to preoccupate the Commissioners Judgments.

1778 S. O'Halloran Gen. Hist. Ireland I. i. v. 21 The ancients, less preoccupated with absurd opinions of lazy philosophers than the moderns, gave free scope to clear sense and reason.

2. transitive. To take unawares, surprise.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise

oppressa1382

susprisea1400

swikec1400

supprisec1405

catchc1425

to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523

to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530

to take tarde1547

to take (a person) short1553

to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576

preoccupate1582

surprise?1592

overcomea1616

to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616

to take at a surprise1691

to catch (also take) on the hop1868

to catch (a person) bending1910

wrong-foot1957

1582 Bible (Rheims) Gal. vi. 1 If a man be preoccupated in any fault, ye that are spiritual, instruct such an one in the spirit of lenitie.

?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xiv. 63 The Spirit being preoccupated, tainted, and ouercome.

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xxxii. 5) 145 They are preoccupated, taken at unawares.

1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms li. 14 If Davids adultery was a sin of infirmity (he was preoccupated, as Gal. 6. 1).

3. transitive. To take possession of or seize in advance or before another person; to usurp. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > beforehand

prevent1563

lurchc1565

preoccupate1586

anticipate1594

1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 311 If..any other Captayne shall with hys insigne preoccupate the place of honor.

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. L^v My hart is præoccupated with better spirits, which have left no house-roome.

1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 82 The Thebans foreseeing the Warre, desired to præoccupate Platæa.

4. transitive. To meet in advance; anticipate; forestall, pre-empt.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall

before-takea1382

preventc1425

devance1485

prevenea1500

lurch1530

to take before the bounda1556

to be aforehand with1570

to be beforehand with1574

to meet halfwaya1586

preoccupate1588

forestall1589

fore-run1591

surprise1591

antedate1595

foreprise1597

preoccupy1607

preoccupy1638

pre-act1655

anticipatea1682

obviate1712

to head off1841

beat1847

to beat out1893

pre-empt1957

1588 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 287 Drawing in of strangearis, and, to preoccupat thair arryvall, hes causit his speciall kynnismen and houshald servandis surprise and occupy his Hienes awne houssis.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 843 He seemeth to have preoccupated in maner all the answers to this question.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 9 Revenge triumphes over death, Love esteemes it not..Greife flieth to it, Feare preocupateth it.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 258 This Objection is thus preoccupated by Plato.

a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 208 The watchfull two Houses..had preoccupated his designe: for they had sent down Sir John Hotham..with Comission to seize those armes.

5. transitive. To cause to seize upon beforehand. rare.

ΚΠ

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 537 Why is not some one of them possessed with the humor to preocupate on hir companions the glory of this chaste loue?

Derivatives

† preoccupated adj. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iv. xiii Wee should leaue the deciding of the sence of the wordes of the lawe, to the preoccupated vnderstanding of the Aduocates and parties.

1651 H. L'Estrange Answer Marques of Worcester's Paper 77 We should leave the deciding of the sense..to the pre-occupated understanding of one of the Advocates.

1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xiii. 52 For fear, least the preoccupated should conclude, that 'tis the devill that speaks in him.

1712 Arguments relating to Restraint upon Press 23 Now to show, that the Argument drawn from Property, is unfairly preoccupated.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	preoccupate
释义	† preoccupateadj. Forms: 1500s–1700s preoccupate; Scottish pre-1700 preoccupat. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin praeoccupātus. Etymology: < classical Latin praeoccupātus, past participle of praeoccupāre preoccupate v. Compare preoccupate v. and slightly later preoccupied adj. Obsolete. That has been taken or decided upon in advance; influenced, biased, prejudiced. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [adjective] prejudicial1535 forestalled1543 forejudging1571 unindifferent1571 apassioned1574 prejudicate1579 prejudiced1579 preoccupate1587 preoccupiedc1598 prejudicious1599 prepossessed1611 prejudicated1633 biased1642 prejudiciary1642 prejudicant1645 prejudicatory1652 parti pris1923 value-laden1936 slanted1959 1587 J. Bridges Def. Govt. Church of Eng. To Christian Reader sig. ¶4 I know that some, too much dazeled by preoccupate affection, and wholy mancipated to their forestalled opinion, will be still picking byous quarrels, to replie vpon one thing or another. 1602 J. Colville Parænese Ep. 17 Vithout partiall or preoccupat iugment. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Preoccupate, prevented, over~reached, taken aforehand. 1702 G. Farquhar Inconstant ii. 17 Then the Idea's wherewith the mind is preoccupate. 1760 J.-M. Leprince de Beaumont Young Ladies Mag. 1 p. xvi (advt.) Their minds have not received any other impressions, and are not preoccupate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † preoccupatev. Forms: 1500s–1600s praeoccupate, 1500s–1700s preoccupate, 1600s praeoccupate (past participle), 1600s preocupate; Scottish pre-1700 preoccupat, pre-1700 preocupat (past participle). Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin praeoccupāt-, praeoccupāre. Etymology: < classical Latin praeoccupāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix³) of praeoccupāre to seize beforehand, to engage in advance, to involve beforehand, to anticipate, forestall < prae- pre- prefix + occupāre occupy v. Compare earlier preoccupy v. and occupate v. Compare also preoccupate adj. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To take possession of (the mind) in advance; to prepossess; to influence, bias, prejudice; (chiefly in passive) to be preoccupied with. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > have or possess [verb (transitive)] > beforehand preoccupate1582 prepossess1614 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > judge with prejudice [verb (transitive)] > cause prejudice in prevent1551 forestall?1571 bias1581 preoccupate1582 prejudicate1602 prejudice1610 pre-engage1646 prepossess1647 preoccupya1658 tamper1687 1582 in Bible (Rheims) Pref. b ij b If the preiudice of any erroneous persuasion preoccupate the mind. 1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 256 Lest the pleasure of the Eye preoccupate the Iudgment. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Evangelists & Acts (Acts xxv. 11) A corrupt Judge, notoriously forestalled and preoccupated. 1681 E. Hickeringill Vindic. Naked Truth 2 To preoccupate and prepossess his Readers with an opinion of his Modesty. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 252 The late Omen of approaching Evil had preoccupated his Thoughts. 1753 W. Stith Hist. Virginia (new ed.) v. 292 To bring Matters, determined by the Council or Company, before the Commissioners, was to preoccupate the Commissioners Judgments. 1778 S. O'Halloran Gen. Hist. Ireland I. i. v. 21 The ancients, less preoccupated with absurd opinions of lazy philosophers than the moderns, gave free scope to clear sense and reason. 2. transitive. To take unawares, surprise. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > surprise, astonish [verb (transitive)] > take by surprise oppressa1382 susprisea1400 swikec1400 supprisec1405 catchc1425 to take (a person) at advantage(s)1523 to take (also rarely catch, find) a person tardy1530 to take tarde1547 to take (a person) short1553 to catch (also take) (a person) nappinga1576 preoccupate1582 surprise?1592 overcomea1616 to take (or catch)‥unawaresa1616 to take at a surprise1691 to catch (also take) on the hop1868 to catch (a person) bending1910 wrong-foot1957 1582 Bible (Rheims) Gal. vi. 1 If a man be preoccupated in any fault, ye that are spiritual, instruct such an one in the spirit of lenitie. ?1608 S. Lennard tr. P. Charron Of Wisdome i. xiv. 63 The Spirit being preoccupated, tainted, and ouercome. 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Deut. xxxii. 5) 145 They are preoccupated, taken at unawares. 1654 J. Trapp Comm. Psalms li. 14 If Davids adultery was a sin of infirmity (he was preoccupated, as Gal. 6. 1). 3. transitive. To take possession of or seize in advance or before another person; to usurp. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > take possession of [verb (transitive)] > beforehand prevent1563 lurchc1565 preoccupate1586 anticipate1594 1586 J. Ferne Blazon of Gentrie 311 If..any other Captayne shall with hys insigne preoccupate the place of honor. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. L^v My hart is præoccupated with better spirits, which have left no house-roome. 1629 T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides Eight Bks. Peloponnesian Warre ii. 82 The Thebans foreseeing the Warre, desired to præoccupate Platæa. 4. transitive. To meet in advance; anticipate; forestall, pre-empt. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > precede or come before [verb (transitive)] > anticipate or forestall before-takea1382 preventc1425 devance1485 prevenea1500 lurch1530 to take before the bounda1556 to be aforehand with1570 to be beforehand with1574 to meet halfwaya1586 preoccupate1588 forestall1589 fore-run1591 surprise1591 antedate1595 foreprise1597 preoccupy1607 preoccupy1638 pre-act1655 anticipatea1682 obviate1712 to head off1841 beat1847 to beat out1893 pre-empt1957 1588 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 287 Drawing in of strangearis, and, to preoccupat thair arryvall, hes causit his speciall kynnismen and houshald servandis surprise and occupy his Hienes awne houssis. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 843 He seemeth to have preoccupated in maner all the answers to this question. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 9 Revenge triumphes over death, Love esteemes it not..Greife flieth to it, Feare preocupateth it. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 258 This Objection is thus preoccupated by Plato. a1683 P. Warwick Mem. Reign Charles I (1701) 208 The watchfull two Houses..had preoccupated his designe: for they had sent down Sir John Hotham..with Comission to seize those armes. 5. transitive. To cause to seize upon beforehand. rare. ΚΠ 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. v. 537 Why is not some one of them possessed with the humor to preocupate on hir companions the glory of this chaste loue? Derivatives † preoccupated adj. Obsolete ΚΠ 1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King iv. xiii Wee should leaue the deciding of the sence of the wordes of the lawe, to the preoccupated vnderstanding of the Aduocates and parties. 1651 H. L'Estrange Answer Marques of Worcester's Paper 77 We should leave the deciding of the sense..to the pre-occupated understanding of one of the Advocates. 1658 tr. S. de Cyrano de Bergerac Satyrical Characters xiii. 52 For fear, least the preoccupated should conclude, that 'tis the devill that speaks in him. 1712 Arguments relating to Restraint upon Press 23 Now to show, that the Argument drawn from Property, is unfairly preoccupated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1587v.1582
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