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Definition occupy

Etymology

From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occup?re (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capi? (“to take”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.

Verb

occupy (third-person singular simple present occupies, present participle occupying, simple past and past participle occupied)

1. (transitive) To take or use time.
   1. To fill time.
   2. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
   3. To fill or hold (an official position or role).
   4. To hold the attention of.
2. (transitive) To take or use space.
   1. To fill space.
   2. To live or reside in.
   3. (military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).
   4. (surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).
3. (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
4. (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
5. (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

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