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Webster 1913 Edition

Occupy

Oc′cu-py

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Occupied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Occupying
.]
[OE.
occupien
, F.
occuper
, fr.L.
occupare
;
ob
(see
Ob-
) + a word akin to
capere
to take. See
Capacious
.]
1.
To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
Woe
occupieth
the fine [end] of our gladness.
Chaucer.
The better apartments were already
occupied
.
W. Irving.
2.
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
.
Sir J. Herschel.
3.
To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
An archbishop may have cause to
occupy
more chaplains than six.
Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. )
They
occupied
themselves about the Sabbath.
2 Macc. viii. 27.
4.
To do business in; to busy one’s self with.
[Obs.]
All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to
occupy
the merchandise.
Ezek. xxvii. 9.
Not able to
occupy
their old crafts.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
5.
To use; to expend; to make use of.
[Obs.]
All the gold that was
occupied
for the work.
Ex. xxxviii. 24.
They
occupy
not money themselves.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
6.
To have sexual intercourse with.
[Obs.]
Nares.

Oc′cu-py

,
Verb.
I.
1.
To hold possession; to be an occupant.
“Occupy till I come.”
Luke xix. 13.
2.
To follow business; to traffic.

Webster 1828 Edition

Occupy

OC'CUPY

,
Verb.
T.
[L. occupo; ob and capio, to seize or take.]
1.
To take possession. The person who first occupies land which has no owner, has the right of property.
2.
To keep in possession; to possess; to hold or keep for use. The tenant occupies a farm under a lease of twenty one years. A lodger occupies an apartment; a man occupies the chair in which he sits.
3.
To take up; to possess; to cover or fill. The camp occupies five acres of ground. Air may be so rarefied as to occupy a vast space. The writing occupies a sheet of paper, or it occupies five lines only.
4.
To employ; to use.
The archbishop may have occasion to occupy more chaplains than six.
5.
To employ; to busy one's self. Every man should be occupied, or should occupy himself, in some useful labor.
6.
To follow, as business.
All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. Ezek. 27.
7.
To use; to expend.
All the gold that was occupied for the work - Ex. 38. [Not now in use.]

OC'CUPY

,
Verb.
I.
To follow business; to negotiate.
Occupy till I come. Luke 19.

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