(פ') להעסיק את המחשבה; להטריד; לתפוס מראש(רכוש)

v. reflect, meditate on, think; worry, bother; prepossess, appropriate in advance (property)

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Verb
1. engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completley--she cannot think of anything else"
(hypernym) control, command
(hyponym) haunt, obsess, ghost
(derivation) preoccupation
2. occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
(hypernym) assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
(derivation) preoccupancy, preoccupation

v. zcela poutat pozornost; způsobovat starosti

Czas. absorbować; pochłaniać umysł

(v. t.)
To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.
  

(v. t.)
To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice.