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preoccupy /prē-okˈū-pī/ transitive verb- To engross or fill the mind of (someone) or dominate (someone's attention, thoughts, mind, etc) to the exclusion of other concerns
- To prejudice, bias (obsolete)
- To occupy, fill or (obsolete) wear beforehand or before others
ORIGIN: pre- (1) prēoccˈupancy noun - The circumstance of occupying before others
- The condition of being preoccupied
prēoccˈupant noun A prior occupant prēoccˈupate transitive verb (obsolete) - To preoccupy
- To anticipate
prēoccupāˈtion noun - Absorption, engrossment
- Abstraction, pensiveness
- An enthusiasm, chief interest or obsession
- Prejudice (obsolete)
- The act or fact of occupying beforehand or before others
prēoccˈupied adjective - Lost in thought, abstracted
- Having one's attention wholly taken up, engrossed (with with)
- Already occupied
- (of a genus or species name) not available for adoption because it has already been applied to another group
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