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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
occupy/ˈɒkjupʌɪ/
▶verb (occupies, occupying, occupied)
  • 1 reside or have one's place of business in.
  • 2 fill or take up (a space or time).
  • 3 hold (a position or job).
  • 4 keep (someone) busy, active, or preoccupied.
  • 5 take control of (a place) by military conquest or settlement.

    ■ enter and stay in (a building) without authority, especially as a form of protest.
– derivatives
occupier noun.
– origin ME: formed irregularly from OFr. occuper, from L. occupare ‘seize’.



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