preoccupied : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: preoccupied	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for preoccupied
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preoccupied adj deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown" Synonym(s): bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something; "became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle"; "was absolutely obsessed with the girl"; "got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children"; "he was taken up in worry for the old woman" Synonym(s): haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(p)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preoccupy \Preoc"cupy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preoccupied} (-p[c6]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Preoccupying}.] [Cf. F. pr[82]occuper. See {Preoccupate}, {Occupy}.] 1. To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held. 2. To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice. I Think it more respectful to the reader to leave something to reflections than to preoccupy his judgment. --Arbuthnot.