occupying

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occupying - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Occupy \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.
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              Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
                                                    Irving.
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     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.
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     3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
        service of; to employ; to busy.
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              An archbishop may have cause to occupy more
              chaplains than six.                   --Eng. Statute
                                                    (Hen. VIII. )
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              They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
                                                    Macc. viii.
                                                    27.
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     4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
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              All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
              in thee to occupy the merchandise.    --Ezek. xxvii.
                                                    9.
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              Not able to occupy their old crafts.  --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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     5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
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              All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
                                                    xxxviii. 24.
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              They occupy not money themselves.     --Robynson
                                                    (More's
                                                    Utopia).
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     6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.
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  occupying \occupying\ n.
     the act of taking occupancy.
  
     Syn: occupation, moving in.
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