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, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , 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.

Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

preoccupate

1. feminine plural of preoccupato

Participle

preoccupate f pl

1. feminine plural of preoccupato

Etymology 2

Verb

preoccupate

1. inflection of preoccupare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative