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preoccupy

/ preoccupy /

verb

verb Sense 1

engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively

"His work preoccupies him"

"The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot think of anything else"

Type of:

control command

Kinds of:

haunt obsess ghost prepossess

Derived:

preoccupation preoccupancy absorption engrossment

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s on something

verb Sense 2

occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance

"the army preoccupied the hills"

Type of:

assume usurp seize

Derived:

preoccupancy preoccupation

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

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