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Webster 1913 Edition

Preoccupate

Pre-oc′cu-pate

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Preoccupate

PREOC'CUPATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proeoccupo; proe and occupo, to seize.]
1.
To anticipate; to take before.
2.
To prepossess; to fill with prejudices.
[Instead of this, preoccupy is used.]

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