Preoccupy

pre-ok/ku-pi, v. t. [-pied (-pid), -pying.] To take po e ion of before another; to prepo e ; to engage or occupy the attention of beforehand. seiz- — Preoc'cupancy, -ku-pan-sY, n. Act or right of tion, taking ». po e ion Act of, or before state of another. being, etc.; — Preoc'cup a''- prior occu- — pation; anticipation of objections. a Preordain, pre/6r-dan/\ v. t. To ordain or appoint beforehand, predetermine. — Preor'dinance, -dY-nans, unn. Antecedent decree or determination. — Preor'or din a'tion, n. Act of foreordaining; previous determination. ad- Prepare, pre-par', v. t. [-pared (-pard'), -paring.] in- To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose; to To make ready; to procure as suitable, get ready, provide, fit, adjust, adapt, equip, form, make.— v. i. To make all things ready; to make one's self ready, get ready. — Prep'aralion, n. Act of, or state of being, etc.; that which prepares; preparatory act or or measure; that which is prepared, made, or compounded, for a particular purpose. (Anat.) A part the of an animal body prepared and preserved as a spec i of a men. — Preparative, -par'a-tiv, a. Tending to pre-; 6nd, eve, terra; Tn, Ice; 5dd, tone, 6r \ pare or make ready; preparatory. — n. That which has the power of preparing, which prepares, or which is done to prepare; preparation. — Preparatory, -to-rT, a. 325