Definition of occupy

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Occupy (v. t.) To do business in; to busy one's self with.

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Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To occupy; to take up; to employ.
Occupy :: 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..
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..
Exercise :: Exercise (v. t.) To occupy the attention and effort of; to task; to tax, especially in a painful or vexatious manner; harass; to vex; to worry or make anxious; to affect; to discipline; as, exercised with pain..
Extrorse :: Extrorse (a.) Facing outwards, or away from the axis of growth; -- said esp. of anthers occupying the outer side of the filament..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To make full; to supply with as much as can be held or contained; to put or pour into, till no more can be received; to occupy the whole capacity of..
Retinophora :: Retinophora (n.) One of group of two to four united cells which occupy the axial part of the ocelli, or ommatidia, of the eyes of invertebrates, and contain the terminal nerve fibrillae. See Illust. under Ommatidium..
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..
Virgo :: Virgo (n.) A constellation of the zodiac, now occupying chiefly the sign Libra, and containing the bright star Spica..
Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To make and occupy a nest; to nest.
Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of.
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..
Occupation :: Occupation (n.) The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant..
Materialize :: Materialize (v. t.) To cause to assume a character appropriate to material things; to occupy with material interests; as, to materialize thought..
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
Room :: Room (v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms; to lodge; as, they arranged to room together..
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
Mean :: Mean (a.) Occupying a middle position; middle; being about midway between extremes.
Fill :: Fill (a.) To furnish an abudant supply to; to furnish with as mush as is desired or desirable; to occupy the whole of; to swarm in or overrun.
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