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Occupy
ˈɒkjʊpʌɪ
- reside or have one's place of business in (a building)
"the rented flat she occupies in Hampstead"
live in inhabit be the tenant of tenant lodge in be established/ensconced in establish/ensconce oneself in take up residence in make one's home in settle in move into- fill or take up (a space or time)
"two long windows occupied almost the whole of the end wall"
- be situated in or at (a position in a system or hierarchy)
"the Bank of England occupies a central position in the UK financial system"
- hold (a position or job)
"a very different job from any that he had occupied before"
- fill or preoccupy (the mind)
"her mind was occupied with alarming questions"
engage busy employ distract absorb engross preoccupy hold hold the attention of immerse interest involve entertain divert amuse beguile- keep (someone) busy and active
"Sarah occupied herself taking the coffee cups over to the sink"
- take control of (a place, especially a country) by military conquest or settlement
"Syria was occupied by France under a League of Nations mandate"
capture seize take possession of conquer invade overrun take over colonize garrison annex dominate subjugate hegemonize hold commandeer requisition- enter and stay in (a building) without authority and often forcibly, especially as a form of protest
"the workers occupied the factory"