Occupy /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Occupied; p. pr. & vb. n. Occupying

1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

   Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness.

   The better apartments were already occupied.

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.
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.

   They occupied themselves about the Sabbath.

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.

   Not able to occupy their old crafts.

5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]

   All the gold that was occupied for the work.

   They occupy not money themselves.

6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.]

1. To hold possession; to be an occupant.
2. To follow business; to traffic.