preoccupate

Etymology

Borrowed from past participle stem of Latin praeoccupare, from prae- (“pre-”) + occupare (“occupy”); equivalent to pre- + occupate. Doublet of preoccupy.

preoccupate means to influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.“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.”
To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.