pre-occupy
pre-occupy:
I. To take possession of first: praeoccŭpo, 1: to p. advantageous places, loca opportuna pr., Liv. 44, 3, init.: Caes. Fig.: fear had p.'d their minds, timor animos praeoccupaverat, Caes. B. G. 6, 41. Also the simple verb occupo, often carries with it the notion of anticipation: v.TO SEIZE .
II. In pass. to be p.'d (have one's thoughts taken up): Phr.: you look p.'d, *nescio qua de re sollicitus videris: to interrupt a person when he is p.'d, *aliquem tacitum intentumque alicui rei interpellare: to have a p.'d air, *sollicitudines vultu praeferre.
I. To take possession of first: praeoccŭpo, 1: to p. advantageous places, loca opportuna pr., Liv. 44, 3, init.: Caes. Fig.: fear had p.'d their minds, timor animos praeoccupaverat, Caes. B. G. 6, 41. Also the simple verb occupo, often carries with it the notion of anticipation: v.
II. In pass. to be p.'d (have one's thoughts taken up): Phr.: you look p.'d, *nescio qua de re sollicitus videris: to interrupt a person when he is p.'d, *aliquem tacitum intentumque alicui rei interpellare: to have a p.'d air, *sollicitudines vultu praeferre.