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preoccupates

preoccupates is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 preoccupates

What is preoccupates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preoccupates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preoccupate.

Words near preoccupates in the dictionary

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

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