preoccupate Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pre*oc"cu*pate transitive verb

Etymology

L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy.

Definitions

1. To anticipate; to take before. Obs. "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." Bacon.
2. To prepossess; to prejudice. Obs. Sir H. Wotton.