Preoccupate

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Preoccupate \Pre*oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of
     praeoccupare to preoccupy. See {Preoccupy}.]
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     1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth
        it [death]." --Bacon.
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     2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.
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