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verb (used with object)
1.
to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
2.
to engage or employ the mind, energy, or attention of: Occupy the children with a game while I prepare dinner.
3.
to be a resident or tenant of; dwell in: We occupied the same house for 20 years.
4.
to take possession and control of (a place), as by military invasion.
5.
to hold (a position, office, etc.).
verb (used without object)
6.
to take or hold possession.
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Reoccupy
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Origin:
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
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
Related forms
oc·cu·pi·a·ble, adjective
oc·cu·pi·er, noun
mis·oc·cu·py, verb, mis·oc·cu·pied, mis·oc·cu·py·ing.
o·ver·oc·cu·pied, adjective
re·oc·cu·py, verb (used with object), re·oc·cu·pied, re·oc·cu·py·ing.
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Word Origin & History
reoccupy
1807, from re- "back, again" + occupy (q.v.).
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