preoccupate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with. obsolete
    — 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. To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt. obsolete

词形变化

preoccupates present,singular,third-person preoccupating participle,present preoccupated participle,past preoccupated past præoccupate alternative

词源

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