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) (obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with. , 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. (obsolete) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt. == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== preoccupate feminine plural of preoccupato ==== Participle ==== preoccupate f pl feminine plural of preoccupato === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== preoccupate inflection of preoccupare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative