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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Preengage :: Preengage (v. t.) To engage by previous contract; to bind or attach previously; to preoccupy.
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..
Coincident :: Coincident (a.) Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought..
Cumber :: Cumber (v. t.) To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble..
Reoccupy :: Reoccupy (v. t.) To occupy again.
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
Preoccupation :: Preoccupation (n.) The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession..
Beset :: Beset (v. t.) To occupy; to employ; to use up.
Friesic :: Friesic (n.) The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..
Oligocene :: Oligocene (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, certain strata which occupy an intermediate position between the Eocene and Miocene periods..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
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.
Zu/is :: Zu/is (n. pl.) A tribe of Pueblo Indians occupying a village in New Mexico, on the Zu/i River..
Mean :: Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Nest :: Nest (v. i.) To build and occupy a nest.
Occupate :: Occupate (v. t.) To occupy.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..
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..
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