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praeoccŭpātĭo, ōnis, f. [praeoccupo].
- I. A seizing beforehand, preoccupation: locorum praeoccupatio, Nep. Eum. 3, 6.
- II. Rhet. fig., an anticipation of what properly comes afterwards, prolepsis, Beda, Schem. et Tropis init.
- III. A disease that violently distends the abdomen: quae passio Graece emphragma, Latine praeoccupatio dicitur, Veg. Vet. 1, 40.