Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRE-OC'CU-PATE
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PRE-OC'CU-PATE, v.t. [L. præoccupo; præ and occupo, to seize.]
- To anticipate; to take before. – Bacon.
- To prepossess; to fill with prejudices. – Wotton. [Instead of this, preoccupy is used.]
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