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preoccupy

English

  1. 🔊 engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively
    “His work preoccupies him”
  2. 🔊 occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance
    “the army preoccupied the hills”

Similar words

absorb absorb the attention adopt appropriate arrest arrogate assume beset catch charm colonize come uppermost compel conquer drive enchant engage engage the attention engage the mind engage the thoughts engross engross the mind engross the thoughts enslave