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preoccupate
▪ I. † ˈpreoccupate, a. Obs. rare—0. [ad. L. præoccupāt-us, pa. pple. of præoccupāre to preoccupy.] = preoccupated.1656 Blount Glossogr., Preoccupate, prevented, over⁓reached, taken aforehand.▪ II. † ˈpreoccupate, v. Obs. [f. ppl. stem of L. præoccupāre to preoccupy: see occupate v.] 1. trans. To ta... Oxford English Dictionary
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preoccupately
† preˈoccupately, adv. Obs. rare—1. [f. preoccupate a. + -ly2.] In a preoccupied manner; in quot., so as to preoccupy.a 1628 F. Grevil Hum. Learn. xii, Abstracts the imagination or distasts With images preoccupately plac'd. Oxford English Dictionary
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preoccupative
preˈoccupative, a. rare. [f. as preoccupate v. + -ive.] Characterized by preoccupying. Hence preˈoccupatively adv.1860 Sala Looking at Life 147 Mercy allows the present necessity to overshadow and pre-occupatively overcome the contingent emergency. Oxford English Dictionary
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