Definition of occupy

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Occupy (v. t.) 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..

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Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port..
Preoccupy :: Preoccupy (v. t.) To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice..
Preengage :: Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
Hammer-beam :: Hammer-beam (n.) A member of one description of roof truss, called hammer-beam truss, which is so framed as not to have a tiebeam at the top of the wall. Each principal has two hammer-beams, which occupy the situation, and to some extent serve the purpose, of a tiebeam..
Coincidence :: Coincidence (n.) The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc..
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought..
Occupate :: Occupate (v. t.) To occupy.
Expand :: Expand (v. t.) To cause the particles or parts of to spread themselves or stand apart, thus increasing bulk without addition of substance; to make to occupy more space; to dilate; to distend; to extend every way; to enlarge; -- opposed to contract; as, to expand the chest; heat expands all bodies; to expand the sphere of benevolence..
Possess :: Possess (v. t.) To occupy in person; to hold or actually have in one's own keeping; to have and to hold.
Met- :: Met- () That two replacing radicals, in the benzene nucleus, occupy the relative positions of 1 and 3, 2 and 4, 3 and 5, 4 and 6, 5 and 1, or 6 and 2; as, metacresol, etc. See Ortho-, and Para-..
President :: President (a.) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
Mind :: Mind (n.) To occupy one's self with; to employ one's self about; to attend to; as, to mind one's business..
Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress..
Mean :: Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Staple :: Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
Take :: Take (v. t.) To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat..
Berber :: Berber (n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church..
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