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Occupy Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Occupy?
[v] engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
[v] march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" [v] as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" [v] keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" [v] live (in a certain place) [v] occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" [v] be present in; be inside of [v] be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?" Synonyms | Synonyms for Occupy: absorb | busy | concern | engage | engross | fill | interest | invade | lodge in | reside | take | use up | worry Related Terms | Find terms related to Occupy: abide | absorb | absorb the attention | admit | adopt | amuse | appropriate | arrest | arrogate | assimilate | assume | attend to business | be enfeoffed of | be possessed of | be seized of | beguile | berth | bespread | boast | bunk | busy | capture | catch | charm | claim | cohabit | colonize | come uppermost | command | complete | comprehend | comprise | conquer | consume | contain | count in | cover | crawl with | creep with | devote | diffuse | distract | divert | domicile | domiciliate | dominate | doss down | dwell | eat up | embody | embrace | employ | enchant | encircle | enclose | encompass | engage | engage the attention | engage the mind | engage the thoughts | engross | engross the mind | engross the thoughts | enjoy | enslave | entertain | enthrall | envisage | exercise | extend over | extend throughout | fascinate | fill | fill in | fill out | fill the mind | fill up | garrison | grab | grip | hang out | have | have and hold | have in hand | have tenure of | hog | hold | hold spellbound | hold the interest | honeycomb | hypnotize | imbue | immerse | include | incorporate | indent | inhabit | interest | invade | involve | involve the interest | jump a claim | leave no void | leaven | live | lodge | make free with | make use of | mesmerize | mind the store | monopolize | monopolize the thoughts | move in | move into | nest | number among | obsess | obsess the mind | occupy the attention | occupy the mind | overrun | overspread | overswarm | pass the time | penetrate | people | perch | permeate | pervade | populate | possess | preempt | preoccupy | prepossess | receive | reckon among | reckon in | reckon with | remain | requisition | reside | room | roost | run through | seize | seize the mind | settle in | settle into | sit on | soak | spellbind | spend | spend the time | squat | squat on | stay | subjugate | suffuse | swarm with | take all of | take in | take into account | take into consideration | take it all | take over | take possession of | take up | teem with | tenant | transfuse | use up | usucapt | usurp See Also | assail | attack | be | be | consume | crash | crowd | dabble | domicile | domiciliate | dwell | expend | infest | infest | inhabit | interest | invade | involve | live | move in | nest | overrun | overrun | people | play around | populate | potter | putter | rivet | shack | smatter | squat | stay at | take up | tenant | use | work Occupy In Webster's Dictionary \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Occupying}.] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare;
ob (see {Ob-}) + a word akin to capere to take. See
{Capacious}.]
1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to
possess.
Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness.
--Chaucer.
The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
Irving.
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. --Sir J. Herschel.
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. --Eng. Statute
(Hen. VIII. )
They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
Macc. viii.
27.
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. --Ezek. xxvii.
9.
Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
xxxviii. 24.
They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson
(More's
Utopia).
6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
\Oc"cu*py\, v. i. 1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. ``Occupy till I come.'' --Luke xix. 13. 2. To follow business; to traffic. |
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