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Occupy   /ˈɑkjəpˌaɪ/   Listen
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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Occupy" Quotes from Famous Books



... the belief that Edmund is trying in secret to develop his invention, with the intention of "revolutionizing industry and making himself a multibillionaire." But Jack and I know better! Wherever he may be, whatever may occupy his wonderful powers, we feel that the ordinary concerns of the earth have no interest for him. Yet we are sure that if he is alive he often ...
— A Columbus of Space • Garrett P. Serviss
... is so crowded! The room in which you are now sitting as you read these words—just think what that Space around you has held in the Past, and will hold in the Future! You occupy it now, playing out your little part; but think what has happened where you are now sitting so calmly reading! What tumultuous, crowding events! Your room is quiet now, but its space has rung with war-cries; the ...
— Astounding Stories, April, 1931 • Various
... has seen death smite another beside one but flit close by oneself, I assure you, girl, it forces one to reflect. Oh, how dreadful the nights are in the sick chamber, with a night-light dimly burning and the sufferer moaning and tossing! Then my turn came to occupy the patient's position, and it was frightful. Can you not see I am much altered—horrid, ...
— The Son of Clemenceau • Alexandre (fils) Dumas
... translated specimens of the productions of M. de l'Aubepine—a fact the less to be wondered at, as his very name is unknown to many of his own countrymen as well as to the student of foreign literature. As a writer, he seems to occupy an unfortunate position between the Transcendentalists (who, under one name or another, have their share in all the current literature of the world) and the great body of pen-and-ink men who address the intellect and sympathies of the ...
— Mosses from an Old Manse and Other Stories • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... at all. A fellow must occupy his time, eh? I did this from life at a friend's house, and I am cleaning it ...
— His Masterpiece • Emile Zola


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