Definition of occupy

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Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.

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Coincide :: Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other..
Work :: Work (n.) The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work..
Encamp :: Encamp (v. i.) To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling..
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-..
Forestall :: Forestall (v. t.) To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance..
Preoccupy :: Preoccupy (v. t.) To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held..
Mean :: Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Nest :: Nest (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs..
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..
Preoccupying :: Preoccupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preoccup.
Low :: Low (superl.) Occupying an inferior position or place; not high or elevated; depressed in comparison with something else; as, low ground; a low flight..
Coincident :: Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Perch :: Perch (v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
Tunguses :: Tunguses (n. pl.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.
Separate :: Separate (v. t.) To come between; to keep apart by occupying the space between; to lie between; as, the Mediterranean Sea separates Europe and Africa..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To follow business; to traffic.
Lagoon :: Lagoon (n.) A lake in a coral island, often occupying a large portion of its area, and usually communicating with the sea. See Atoll..
Tenant :: Tenant (v. t.) To hold, occupy, or possess as a tenant..
Interfoliaceous :: Interfoliaceous (a.) At the same node with opposite or whorled leaves, but occupying a position between their places of attachment..
Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.
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