Associations to the word «Preoccupy»
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Wiktionary
PREOCCUPY, verb. To distract; to occupy or draw attention elsewhere.
Dictionary definition
PREOCCUPY, verb. Engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else".
PREOCCUPY, verb. Occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills".
Wise words
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words
were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only,
and not for things themselves.