| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
occupy |
| |
| VERB: | 1. To make busy: busy, employ, engage. See ACTION. 2. To get and hold the attention of: engage, involve. See EXCITE. 3. To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, people, populate. See PLACE. 4. To seize and move into by force: take over. See ATTACK. 5. To cause to be busy or in use: engage, monopolize, preempt, tie up. See ACTION, USED.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
