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preoccupy

absorber

preoccupied adjective

  • Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's attention elsewhere. [from 19th c.]
 préoccupé

preoccupy verb

  /pɹiˈɑkjupaɪ/ , /pɹɪˈɒkjupaɪ/
  • (transitive) To distract; to draw attention elsewhere. [from 16th c.]
  • (transitive) To worry or concern (someone) so as to distract them.
 distraire
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