occupy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: occupy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for occupy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occupy v keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection" Synonym(s): busy, occupy live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" Synonym(s): occupy, reside, lodge in occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container" Synonym(s): occupy, fill be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" Synonym(s): concern, interest, occupy, worry march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939" Synonym(s): invade, occupy require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" Synonym(s): take, occupy, use up consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" Synonym(s): absorb, engross, engage, occupy assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" Synonym(s): fill, take, occupy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupy \Oc"cupy\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Occupy \Oc"cupy\, v. i. 1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. [bd]Occupy* till I come.[b8] --Luke xix. 13. 2. To follow business; to traffic.