occupy

noun

Synonym of OWS (“"Occupy Wall Street" protest movement”).

verb

To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.

(transitive, of time) To take or use.

To fill.

(transitive) To take or use space.

To fill space.

To hold the attention of.

To fill or hold (an official position or role).

To live or reside in.

(military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).

(surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).

(transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.

(obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.

(obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.

Roots

capiocup- · Latin · take, seize

Synonyms for occupy

invadev residev fillv engrossv inhabitv busyadj domiciliatev absorbv preoccupyv engagev dwellv usurpv seizev populatev holdv

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