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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: occupied \occupied\ adj. 1. Engaged; in use; being used by a person and not free for use by someone else; as, the wc is occupied. Opposite of {free}, {available}, and {unoccupied}. [WordNet 1.5] 2. Inhabited, lived-in, tenanted; having residents; -- of dwelling units. [Narrower terms: {owner-occupied}] WordNet 1.5] 3. Overrun, taken over; -- of countries or territories; as, occupied France. Opposite of {unoccupied}. [WordNet 1.5] 4. Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of people. Opposite of {idle}. Syn: employed, engaged. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Occupy \Oc"cu*py\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Occupied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Occupying}.] [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. [1913 Webster] Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The better apartments were already occupied. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy. [1913 Webster] An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six. --Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. ) [1913 Webster] They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. --2 Macc. viii. 27. [1913 Webster] 4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise. --Ezek. xxvii. 9. [1913 Webster] Not able to occupy their old crafts. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] All the gold that was occupied for the work. --Ex. xxxviii. 24. [1913 Webster] They occupy not money themselves. --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] 6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] --Nares. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: occupied adj 1: held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied" [ant: {unoccupied}] 2: seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe" [ant: {unoccupied}] 3: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up" [syn: {occupied}, {tenanted}] 4: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation" [syn: {engaged}, {occupied}]