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preoccupated

preoccupated is the simple past and past participle of preoccupate.

Meaning of preoccupate

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.
    • 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., Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.40
  2. (obsolete) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.

Questions about preoccupated

What is preoccupated the simple past and past participle of?
Preoccupated is the simple past and past participle of preoccupate.

Words near preoccupated in the dictionary

  1. preoccupancies
  2. preoccupancy
  3. preoccupant
  4. preoccupants
  5. preoccupate
  6. preoccupated
  7. preoccupates
  8. preoccupating
  9. preoccupation
  10. preoccupational
  11. preoccupations

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