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preoccupy

verb

/priːˈɒkjʊpaɪ/

Meaning

To dominate or engross the mind of someone to the exclusion of other thoughts.

Worries about the future preoccupy him constantly.

absorb, engross, distract, consume, obsess

free, release, ignore

preoccupy the mind, preoccupy thoughts, preoccupy with, constantly preoccupy

to come into existence; to begin; to create or produce

to deliver something to a person or place, often for selling or safekeeping

To annoy or irritate someone.

to stir up feelings or disturb; to campaign for change

to assert one's will over another in an arrogant way

to perceive with the eyes; to visually detect