Oc·cu·py v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied p. pr. & vb. n. Occupying ]
 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.
 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.]