Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Preoccupate \Pre*oc"cu*pate\, v. t. [L. praeoccupatus, p. p. of
   praeoccupare to preoccupy. See {Preoccupy}.]
   1. To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] ``Fear preoccupateth
      it [death].'' --Bacon.

   2. To prepossess; to prejudice. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton.