preoccupate

preoccupate

English

Alternative forms

• præoccupate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from past participle stem of Latin praeoccupare, from prae- (“pre-”) + occupare (“occupy”); equivalent to pre- +‎ occupate. Doublet of preoccupy.

Verb

preoccupate (third-person singular simple present preoccupates, present participle preoccupating, simple past and past participle preoccupated)

1. (obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.
   • 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:

     , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.40:

     the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present.

2. (obsolete) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.

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Italian

Adjective

preoccupate

1. feminine plural of preoccupato

Verb

preoccupate

1. second-person plural present indicative of preoccupare
2. second-person plural imperative of preoccupare
3. feminine plural of preoccupato