Another word for preoccupy | Synonyms for preoccupy

Another word for preoccupy

verb

To occupy the full attention of:

absorb, consume, engross, immerse, monopolize. See awareness, excite

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He realized that in Napoleon sentiment never got the better of reason, that as a matter of fact he had never intended his proposed " grand enterprise " seriously, and had only used it to preoccupy the mind of the tsar while he consolidated his own power in central Europe.

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