■ verb preoccupy continually or to a troubling extent.
↘be constantly worrying about something.
Derivatives
~ive adjective &noun
~ively adverb
~iveness noun
Origin
ME: from L. ~- , obsidere 'besiege'.
■ verb preoccupy continually or to a troubling extent.
↘be constantly worrying about something.
Derivatives
~ive adjective &noun
~ively adverb
~iveness noun
Origin
ME: from L. ~- , obsidere 'besiege'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004