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Dictionary definition for: Occupy
1. (v) be present in; be inside of
2. (v) keep busy with; "She busies herself with her butterfly collection"
3. (v) live (in a certain place)
4. (v) occupy the whole of; "The liquid fills the container"
5. (v) be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
6. (v) as of time or space; "It took three hours to get to work this morning" "This event occupied a very short time"
7. (v) march aggressively into another''s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"
8. (v) engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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