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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Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
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-..
Busy :: Busy (v. t.) To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
Overrun :: Overrun (v. t.) To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass..
Stationer :: Stationer (a.) A bookseller or publisher; -- formerly so called from his occupying a stand, or station, in the market place or elsewhere..
Chamber :: Chamber (v. i.) To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..
Zu/is :: Zu/is (n. pl.) A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River..
Prepossess :: Prepossess (v. t.) To preoccupy, as ground or land; to take previous possession of..
Triarian :: Triarian (a.) Occupying the third post or rank.
Room :: Room (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together..
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..
Virgo :: Virgo (n.) A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To occupy or hold a place; to have a situation; to be situated or located; as, Paris stands on the Seine..
Coincide :: Coincide (n.) To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession..
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..
Reoccupy :: Reoccupy (v. t.) To occupy again.
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