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Preoccupancy   Listen
noun
Preoccupancy  n.  The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.





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"Preoccupancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rosalind; and perhaps a secret persuasion to that effect is the real cause of her rejecting his suit. Accordingly, when he sees her placed beyond his hope, he has no more trouble about her; but turns, and builds a true affection where, during the preoccupancy of his imagination, so many sweet and tender appeals have been ...
— Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. • H. N. Hudson


Words linked to "Preoccupancy" :   preoccupy, absentmindedness, preoccupation, occupancy, abstraction, absorption, state of mind, preoccupied, engrossment, occupation, cognitive state, moving in, abstractedness


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