Category:Preoccupate

Pre*oc"cu*pate, v. t. Etym: [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.