preoccupate

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

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  1. (obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.
    • Template:RQ:Flr Mntgn Essays, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.40:
      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.

Italian

Adjective

preoccupate

  1. feminine plural of preoccupato

Verb

preoccupate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of preoccupare
  2. second-person plural imperative of preoccupare
  3. feminine plural of preoccupato
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