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(obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with..
the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present.
Use preoccupate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Preoccupate means (obsolete) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present.
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