preoccupy, v.
(preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupying)
freq. cnt. 1
(preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupying)
freq. cnt. 1
engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
<verb.emotion> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
preoccupy
sample sentences
"His work preoccupies him""The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
verb frames
Something ----s somebody
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
<verb.possession>
preoccupy
sample sentences
"the army preoccupied the hills"verb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym