\Oc"cu*py\, 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.
         Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness.
                                               --Chaucer.
         The better apartments were already occupied. --W.
                                               Irving.
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.
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.                   --Eng. Statute
                                               (Hen. VIII. )
         They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2
                                               Macc. viii.
                                               27.
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.    --Ezek. xxvii.
                                               9.
         Not able to occupy their old crafts.  --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).
5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
         All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex.
                                               xxxviii. 24.
         They occupy not money themselves.     --Robynson
                                               (More's
                                               Utopia).
6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares.

\Oc"cu*py\, v. i.
1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. ``Occupy till I
   come.'' --Luke xix. 13.
2. To follow business; to traffic.