In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
OCCUPIED
engaged, occupied
(adjective) having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; “she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities”; “deeply engaged in conversation”
occupied, tenanted
(adjective) resided in; having tenants; “not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up”
occupied
(adjective) held or filled or in use; “she keeps her time well occupied”; “the wc is occupied”
occupied
(adjective) seized and controlled as by military invasion; “the occupied countries of Europe”
OCCUPY
absorb, engross, engage, occupy
(verb) consume all of one’s attention or time; “Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely”
invade, occupy
(verb) march aggressively into another’s territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; “Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939”
take, occupy, use up
(verb) require (time or space); “It took three hours to get to work this morning”; “This event occupied a very short time”
fill, take, occupy
(verb) assume, as of positions or roles; “She took the job as director of development”; “he occupies the position of manager”; “the young prince will soon occupy the throne”
busy, occupy
(verb) keep busy with; “She busies herself with her butterfly collection”
occupy, reside, lodge in
(verb) live (in a certain place); “She resides in Princeton”; “he occupies two rooms on the top floor”
occupy, fill
(verb) occupy the whole of; “The liquid fills the container”
concern, interest, occupy, worry
(verb) be on the mind of; “I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
occupied (comparative more occupied, superlative most occupied)
Reserved, engaged.
Busy, unavailable.
Subjugated, under the control of a foreign military presence.
Hyponyms
• owner-occupied
Verb
occupied
simple past tense and past participle of occupy
Source: Wiktionary
OCCUPY
Oc"cu*py, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied; p. pr. & vb. n. Occupying.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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