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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Preoccupying (0.01679 detik)
Found 3 items, similar to Preoccupying.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: preoccupy
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: preoccupy
preoccupy
v 1: engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or
occupy urgently or obsessively;
“His work preoccupies
him”;
“The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot
think of anything else”
2: occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or
appropriate for use in advance;
“the army preoccupied the
hills”
[also:
preoccupied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Preoccupying
Preoccupy
\Pre*oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Preoccupied
(-p[=i]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Preoccupying.] [Cf. F.
pr['e]occuper. See
Preoccupate,
Occupy.]
1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a
country not before held.
[1913 Webster]
2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention
of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.
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I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave
something to reflections than to preoccupy his
judgment. --Arbuthnot.
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