Definition of occupy

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Occupy (v. t.) To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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Roommate :: Roommate (n.) One of twe or more occupying the same room or rooms; one who shares the occupancy of a room or rooms; a chum.
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..
Coincident :: Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Omahas :: Omahas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who inhabited the south side of the Missouri River. They are now partly civilized and occupy a reservation in Nebraska.
Circinate :: Circinate (a.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns..
Mid :: Mid (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night..
Bar :: Bar (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court..
Supply :: Supply (v. t.) To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit..
Room :: Room (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together..
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..
Slav :: Slav (n.) One of a race of people occupying a large part of Eastern and Northern Europe, including the Russians, Bulgarians, Roumanians, Servo-Croats, Slovenes, Poles, Czechs, Wends or Sorbs, Slovaks, etc..
Mean :: Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..
Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To make vacant; to leave empty; to cease from filling or occupying; as, it was resolved by Parliament that James had vacated the throne of England; the tenant vacated the house..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
Involve :: Involve (v. t.) To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb..
Preoccupying :: Preoccupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preoccup.
Coincide :: Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other..
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