Usually means: Obsess or dominate someone's mind.
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  1. preoccupate: Merriam-Webster
  2. preoccupate: Collins English Dictionary
  3. preoccupate: Wordnik
  4. preoccupate: Wiktionary
  5. Preoccupate: Dictionary.com
  6. Preoccupate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. preoccupate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Preoccupate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. preoccupate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. preoccupate: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Preoccupate: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (preoccupate)

verb:  (obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.
verb:  (obsolete) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.

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