Preëmpt

Pre‐ëmpt″ (?; 215), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Preëmpted; p. pr. & vb. n.Preëmpting.] [See Preëmption.] To settle upon (public land) with a right of preemption, as under the laws of the United States; to take by preëmption.