occupy

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To take or use.

   The film occupied three hours of my time.

2. 2
   verb

   To take or use space.

   The historic mansion occupied two city blocks.

3. 3
   verb

   To have sexual intercourse with.

   God's light, these villains will make the word as odious as the word 'occupy;' which was an excellent good word before it was ill sorted

4. 4
   verb

   To do business in; to busy oneself with.

   All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise.

5. 5
   verb

   To use; to expend; to make use of.

   all the gold that was occupied for the work

6. 6
   verb

   consume all of one's attention or time

7. 7
   verb

   march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation

8. 8
   verb

   require (time or space)

Etymology

From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occupāre (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capiō (“to take”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.