preoccupy

Meaning

Verb

To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.
To occupy or take possession of beforehand.

Origin

From pre- + occupy, after Middle French preoccuper, and its source, Latin praeoccupo. preoccupate, now obsolete.

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