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preoccupating

preoccupating is the present participle and gerund 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 preoccupating

What is preoccupating the present participle and gerund of?
Preoccupating is the present participle and gerund of preoccupate.

Words near preoccupating in the dictionary

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

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