Word Meanings - PREOCCUPY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held. 2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice. I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something

Additional info about word: PREOCCUPY

1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held. 2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice. I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment. Arbuthnot.

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• THINKING
  Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being. -- Think"ing*ly, adv.
• COUNTRY-DANCE
  See MACUALAY
• LEAVE-TAKING
  Taking of leave; parting compliments. Shak.
• ANOTHER-GUESS
  Of another sort. It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot.
• LEAVED
  Bearing, or having, a leaf or leaves; having folds; -- used in combination; as, a four-leaved clover; a two-leaved gate; long- leaved.
• COUNTRY SEAT
  A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.
• POSSESSIONER
  1. A possessor; a property holder. "Possessioners of riches." E. Hall. Having been of old freemen and possessioners. Sir P. Sidney. 2. An invidious name for a member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc.,
• THINK
  confounded with OE. thenken to think, fr. AS. þencean ; akin to D. denken, dunken, OS. thenkian, thunkian, G. denken, dünken, Icel. þekkja to perceive, to know, þykkja to seem, Goth. þagkjan, þaggkjan, to think, þygkjan to think, to seem,
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• LEAVENING
  1. The act of making light, or causing to ferment, by means of leaven. 2. That which leavens or makes light. Bacon.
• READERSHIP
  The office of reader. Lyell.
• READER
  1. One who reads. Specifically: One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church. One who reads lectures on scientific subjects. Lyell. A proof reader. One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
• COUNTRY CLUB
  A club usually located in the suburbs or vicinity of a city or town and devoted mainly to outdoor sports.
• LEAVELESS
  Leafless. Carew.
• COUNTRYSIDE
  A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. W. Black. Blackmore.
• POSSESSIONARY
  Of or pertaining to possession; arising from possession.
• ENGAGEDNESS
  The state of being deeply interested; earnestness; zeal.
• OCCUPY
  1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess. Woe occupieth the fine of our gladness. Chaucer. The better apartments were already occupied. W. Irving 2. To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space
• LEAVEN
  alleviation, mitigation; but taken in the sense of, a raising, that 1. Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough,
• PREPOSSESSION
  1. Preoccupation; prior possession. Hammond. 2. Preoccupation of the mind by an opinion, or impression, already formed; preconceived opinion; previous impression; bias; -- generally, but not always, used in a favorable sense; as, the prepossessions
• BELEAVE
  To leave or to be left. May.
• REENGAGEMENT
  A renewed or repeated engagement.
• MISTHINK
  To think wrongly. "Adam misthought of her." Milton.
• HEREHENCE
  From hence.
• WHENCEFORTH
  From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser.
• THEREBEFORE; THEREBIFORN
  Before that time; beforehand. Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer.
• CLEAVER
  One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.
• THENCEFROM
  From that place.
• FIVE-LEAFED; FIVE-LEAVED
  Having five leaflets, as the Virginia creeper.
• GREENGAGE
  A kind of plum of medium size, roundish shape, greenish flesh, and delicious flavor. It is called in France Reine Claude, after the queen of Francis I. See Gage.