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pre·oc·cu·pate
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preoccupateverb
To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.
preoccupateverb
To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.
Etymology: From past participle stem of praeoccupare, from prae- + occupare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To PREOCCUPATEverb
Etymology: preoccuper, Fr. præoccupo, Lat.
Honour aspireth to death; grief flieth to it; and fear preoccupieth it. Francis Bacon.
That the model be plain without colours, lest the eye preoccupate the judgment. Henry Wotton, Architecture.
Webster Dictionary
Preoccupateverb
to anticipate; to take before
Preoccupateverb
to prepossess; to prejudice
Etymology: [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preoccupate in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preoccupate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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