PREOCCUPY


Meaning of PREOCCUPY in English

— preoccupier , n.

/pree ok"yeuh puy'/ , v.t., preoccupied, preoccupying .

1. to absorb or engross to the exclusion of other things.

2. to occupy beforehand or before others.

[ 1560-70; PRE- + OCCUPY ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .