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Nest :: Nest (n.) A snug, comfortable, or cozy residence or situation; a retreat, or place of habitual resort; hence, those who occupy a nest, frequent a haunt, or are associated in the same pursuit; as, a nest of traitors; a nest of bugs..

Occupy :: Occupy (v. i.) To hold possession; to be an occupant.

Occupy :: Occupy (v. t.) To use; to expend; to make use of.

Tunguses :: Tunguses (n. pl.) A group of roving Turanian tribes occupying Eastern Siberia and the Amoor valley. They resemble the Mongols.

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..

Staple :: Staple (a.) Established in commerce; occupying the markets; settled; as, a staple trade..

Inhabit :: Inhabit (v. t.) To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses..

Arab :: Arab (n.) One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc..

Tension :: Tension (a.) Expansive force; the force with which the particles of a body, as a gas, tend to recede from each other and occupy a larger space; elastic force; elasticity; as, the tension of vapor; the tension of air..

Preoccupying :: Preoccupying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Preoccup.

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..

Sit :: Sit (v. t.) To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress..

Enjoy :: Enjoy (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty..

Amuse :: Amuse (v.) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder..

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..

Detriment :: Detriment (n.) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy.

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..

Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To occupy one's self with getting laboriously; as, he scraped and saved until he became rich..

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..

Hold :: Hold (v. t.) To have; to possess; to be in possession of; to occupy; to derive title to; as, to hold office..

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