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Word: Occupy
Speech Type: Verb
Middle English: formed irregularly from Old French occuper, from Latin occupare ‘seize’. A now obsolete vulgar sense ‘have sexual relations with’ seems to have led to the general avoidance of the word in the 17th and most of the 18th century
ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ
reside or have one's place of business in (a building)
Short Definition:reside or have place of business in
Examples:- the rented flat she occupies in Hampstead
fill or preoccupy (the mind)
Short Definition:fill or preoccupy thoughts
Examples:- her mind was occupied with alarming questions
take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement
Short Definition:take control of place by conquest or settlement
Examples:- Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate
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