occupy
[ok-yuh-pahy]
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verb (used with object), oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.
verb (used without object), oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing.
to take or hold possession.
(usually initial capital letter) to participate in a protest about a social or political issue.
adjective
(usually initial capital letter) of or relating to a protest about a social or political issue, as in Occupy movement; Occupy protest; Occupy candidate: the Occupy movement for social justice.
Origin of occupy
1300–50; Middle English occupien < Middle French occuper < Latin occupāre to seize, take hold, take up, make one's own, equivalent to oc- oc- + -cup-, combining form of capere to take, seize + -āre infinitive suffix
Synonyms for occupy
Synonym study
1, 3–5. See have.
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Historical Examples of self-occupied
Close under the mirror stood the Shadow which attended her walks, but, self-occupied, him she did not see.
LilithGeorge MacDonald
occupy
verb -pies, -pying or -pied (tr)
Word Origin for occupy
C14: from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre to seize hold of, from ob- (intensive) + capere to take
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