Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Preoccupate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preoccupate \Pre*oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of
praeoccupare to preoccupy. See {Preoccupy}.]
1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] ``Fear preoccupateth
it [death].'' --Bacon.
2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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