Preoccupate

Pre‐oc″cu‐pate (?), v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See Preoccupy.]

1. To anticipate; to take before. “Fear preoccupateth it.” Bacon.

2. To prepossess; to prejudice. Sir H. Wotton.