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.
2. To follow business; to traffic.