Preoccupate \Pre*oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of praeoccupare to preoccupy. See {Preoccupy}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]