preoccupier

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• preoccupy — preoccupier, n. /pree ok yeuh puy /, v.t., preoccupied, preoccupying. 1. to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things. 2. to occupy beforehand or before others. [1560 70; PRE + OCCUPY] * * * …   Universalium

• preoccupy — /priˈɒkjəpaɪ / (say pree okyuhpuy) verb (t) (preoccupied, preoccupying) 1. to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things. 2. to occupy or take possession of beforehand or before others. –preoccupant, preoccupier, noun …