transitive verb occupied, occupying
Origin: ME occupien < OFr occuper < L occupare, to take possession of, possess < ob- (see ob-) + capere, to seize: see have
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transitive verb oc·cu·pied, oc·cu·py·ing, oc·cu·pies
Origin:
Origin: Middle English occupien
Origin: , alteration of Old French occuper
Origin: , from Latin occupāre, to seize
Origin: : ob-, intensive pref.; see ob-
Origin: + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots
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