\Pre*oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of
praeoccupare to preoccupy. See {Preoccupy}.]
1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] ``Fear preoccupateth
   it [death].'' --Bacon.
2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.