[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

occupy \oc"cupy\, v. 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.
      1913 webster

            woe occupieth the fine end of our gladness.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            the better apartments were already occupied. --w.
                                                  irving.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the
      service of; to employ; to busy.
      1913 webster

            an archbishop may have cause to occupy more
            chaplains than six.                   --eng. statute
                                                  hen. viii. 
      1913 webster

            they occupied themselves about the sabbath. --2
                                                  macc. viii.
                                                  27.
      1913 webster

   4. to do business in; to busy one's self with. obs.
      1913 webster

            all the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were
            in thee to occupy the merchandise.    --ezek. xxvii.
                                                  9.
      1913 webster

            not able to occupy their old crafts.  --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

   5. to use; to expend; to make use of. obs.
      1913 webster

            all the gold that was occupied for the work. --ex.
                                                  xxxviii. 24.
      1913 webster

            they occupy not money themselves.     --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

   6. to have sexual intercourse with. obs. --nares.
      1913 webster
see also:
occupied occupying ob- capacious 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

occupied \occupied\ adj.
   1. engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for
      use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. opposite of
      free, available, and unoccupied.
      wordnet 1.5

   2. inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of
      dwelling units. narrower terms: owner-occupied wordnet
      1.5

   3. overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories; as,
      occupied france. opposite of unoccupied.
      wordnet 1.5

   4. busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of
      people. opposite of idle.

   syn: employed, engaged.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
free available unoccupied owner-occupied idle 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

occupied
     adj 1: held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well
            occupied"; "the wc is occupied" ant: unoccupied
     2: seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied
        countries of europe" ant: unoccupied
     3: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied or
        tenanted apartments were well kept up" syn: tenanted
     4: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps
        herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply
        engaged in conversation" syn: engaged
see also:
unoccupied tenanted engaged 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

occupy
     v 1: be present in; be inside of syn: inhabit
     2: keep busy with; "she busies herself with her butterfly
        collection" syn: busy
     3: live in a certain place syn: reside, lodge in
     4: occupy the whole of; "the liquid fills the container" syn:
        fill
     5: be on the mind of; "i worry about the second germanic
        consonant" syn: concern, interest, worry
     6: as of time or space; "it took three hours to get to work
        this morning"; "this event occupied a very short time"
        syn: take, use up
     7: march aggressively into another's territory by military
        force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "hitler
        invaded poland on september 1, 1939" syn: invade
     8: engage or engross wholly; "her interest in butterflies
        absorbs her completely" syn: absorb, engross, engage
     also: occupied
see also:
inhabit busy reside lodge in fill concern 
interest worry take use up invade 
absorb engross engage occupied 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

occupied
     see occupy
see also:
occupy 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

65 moby thesaurus words for "occupied":
   absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, at it, at work, buried in,
   buried in thought, busy, caught up in, colonized, contemplating,
   contemplative, devoted, devoted to, empeopled, employed, engaged,
   engaged in thought, engrossed, engrossed in, engrossed in thought,
   full of business, hard at it, hard at work, immersed in,
   immersed in thought, in harness, inhabited, intent, intent on,
   introspective, involved, lost in, lost in thought, meditating,
   meditative, monomaniacal, monopolized, obsessed, on duty,
   on the go, on the hop, on the job, on the jump, on the move,
   on the run, peopled, populated, populous, preoccupied, rapt,
   settled, single-minded, studious, studying, submerged in, swept up,
   taken up with, tenanted, tied up, totally absorbed, working,
   wrapped in, wrapped in thought, wrapped up in

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