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▪ I. † ˈoccupate, ppl. a. Obs. [ad. L. occupāt-us, pa. pple. of occupāre to occupy.] Occupied, taken into and held in possession.
1605Bacon Adv. Learn. ii. Concl., Those parts..not constantly occupate, or not well conuerted by the labour of man. 1618Decl. Demeanour Raleigh 25 The Territories, occupate and possest by the Spaniards. 1860Kingsley Misc. I. 82. ▪ II. † ˈoccupate, v. Obs. [f. L. occupāt-, ppl. stem of occupāre to occupy: cf. F. occuper.] = occupy. Hence † ˈoccupated ppl. a.
1547Boorde Brev. Health ccxxxv. 80 An universal sicknes doth occupate all the partes of a mans body. 1659B. Harris Parival's Iron Age 104 The Imperialists departed out of Holstein, and all the other occupated places. Ibid. 160 The Lands which had been occupated, or seized on by the Swedes. 1697J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 176 If they be not Penetrated, one of them must necessarily drive the other out of the Space it occupates. |