preoccupate

verb2

1. •
   (no longer used) To influence, to occupy (the mind) in advance; to be preoccupied with.

   • the mad and fond curiositie of our nature, ammusing it selfe to preoccupate future things, as if it had not enough to doe to digest the present. — 2006
2. •
   (no longer used) To meet in advance; to forestall, pre-empt.