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verb

Occupy v. t. (past & past part. occupied; pres. part. occupying)

1.

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess. "Woe occupieth the fine (end) of our gladness." "The better apartments were already occupied."

2.

To hold, or fill, the dimensions of; to take up the room or space of; to cover or fill; as, the camp occupies five acres of ground.

3.

To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy. "An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six." "They occupied themselves about the Sabbath."

4.

To do business in; to busy one's self with. (Obs.) "All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise." "Not able to occupy their old crafts."

5.

To use; to expend; to make use of. (Obs.) "All the gold that was occupied for the work." "They occupy not money themselves."

6.

To have sexual intercourse with. (Obs.)

Occupy v. i.

1.

To hold possession; to be an occupant. "Occupy till I come."

2.

To follow business; to traffic.

adjective

occupied adj.

1.

Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. Opposite of free, available, and unoccupied.

2.

Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; of dwelling units. (Narrower terms: owner-occupied) WordNet 1.5)

3.

Overrun, taken over; of countries or territories; as, occupied France. Opposite of unoccupied.

4.

Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; of people. Opposite of idle.

Synonyms: employed, engaged.

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Etymology of 'Occupied'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... On the death of his uncle he was appointed by Ras Ali's mother, Waizero Menen, governor of Kouara; but, dissatisfied with that post, which left but little scope for his ambition, he threw off his allegiance, and occupied Dembea as a rebel. Several generals were sent to chastise the young soldier; but he either eluded their pursuit or defeated their forces. However, on the solemn promise that he would, be well received, ...

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... Irish Nationalist—after all his weary years of waiting—in seeing the House of Commons engaged in Committee on the Bill which is to restore the freedom of Ireland. And as I looked across the House on May 8th, with every seat occupied—with galleries crowded—with that air of tense excitement which betokens the solemn and portentous occasion—there rose to my brain something of the exaltation of passion's first hour. The Unionists might rage—the Tories might obstruct—faction ...

— Sketches In The House (1893) • T. P. O'Connor

... and should be where o-o is on the map, on the extreme western border near the forty-seventh degree of north latitude.] o-o Quenongebin. [Note: This figure o-o on the map occupies the place which should be occupied by oo. Vide antea, p. 58, note 46.] A. Tadoussac. B. Lesquemain. C. Isle Percee. D. Baye de Chaleur. E. Isles aux Gros Yeux. [Note: A cluster of islands of which the Island of Birds is one.] H. Baye Francoise. I. Isles aux Oyseaux. ...

— Voyages of Samuel de Champlain V3 • Samuel de Champlain

... was going on. The tents were all in place, the little white city erected with as much care and attention to detail as if the show expected to remain in Edmeston all summer. The lad could scarcely make himself believe that, only a few hours before, this very lot had been occupied by the birds alone. It was a marvel to him, even in after years, when he had become as thoroughly conversant with the details of a great show as any man ...

— The Circus Boys on the Flying Rings • Edgar B. P. Darlington

... child can pass through the earlier stages of the training much more rapidly than can be the case with the baby. Nevertheless, the preliminary steps should not be omitted. A child of four can be carried in six months through the exercises that occupied two years when begun with the child of twelve months, but the older child should not be started with exercises suggested for the ...

— What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know • John Dutton Wright

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