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Pre*oc"cu*pate (?), v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy.]
1.
To anticipate; to take before.
Bacon.
2.
To prepossess; to prejudice.
Sir H. Wotton.
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