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Preempt

verb

(past & past part. preempted; pres. part. preempting)

Acquire for oneself before others can do so.

Take the place of or have precedence over. Synonym: displace. "Discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"

Gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land).

Make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge.

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"Preempt" Quotes from Famous Books

... over here. Hardships only add zest to the game. Another reason is that it is all a fine big gamble to them. They have everything to gain and nothing to lose. It's the same spirit that drives young New Englanders out west to try their luck, to preempt homesteads in the Northwest, to till the prairies. Another reason is that they come over here free—unbound by conventions. They can work as they please, live as they please. They haven't any caste to hamper them. Another reason is that, ...

— One Way Out - A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America • William Carleton

... his affection for her. She forgets too often that she is not called upon to give up her friends. They can come, and do come, when her husband is away at his work, while his friends, if they come at all, must come in his leisure hours which she often wishes to preempt for herself alone. It is the most short-sighted of follies for a woman to try to sweep clean of all former interests and friendships the life of the man with whom she is to try ...

— The Family and it's Members • Anna Garlin Spencer

Words linked to "Preempt" : supplant, acquire, pre-emptive, replace, supersede, get, supervene upon, bid, supercede, call, bridge, bidding