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• occupy:

I. To take possession:

1. occŭpo, 1 (esp. to o. with troops, as a military position): he o.s the towns each with one cohort, (oppida) singulis cohortibus occupat, Caes. B. G. 1, 11: Cic. Join: (praesidiis) obsidere atque occupare, Cic. Agr. 2, 28, init.
2. obsīdo, 3 (to o. with hostile intent: the correl. obsĭdeo, 2, denotes actual state of occupation: v. infr. II.): to o. (take up a position on or by) a bridge, pontem obs., Sall. Cat. 45: to o. the Italian coasts, Italos obs. fines, Virg. Aen. 7, 334: Cic.: cf. supr. (1).
3. insīdo, sēdi, 3 (to take up a position in or upon: to which insideo stands related as obsideo to obsido): he o.'d three hills, tres tumulos insedit, Liv. 8, 24, ad init.: you (the plebs) o.'d the Aventine, Aventinum insedistis, id. 9, 34: he o.'d the citadel with troops, arcem militibus obsedit, ib. 26, 44, init. (N.B.--Insedi is strictly the perfect of insideo; but appears to be used in common for the two verbs. The imperfect tenses of insīdo are mostly confined to poetry: v. to settle.)
4. căpio, cēpi, captum, 3 (oft. to take by force; but also to take up a position): to o. an eminence, locum editum c., Sall. Jug. 58: Liv.

II. To be in possession of:

1. tĕneo, ui, ntum, 2 (most gen. term): all the hills were o.'d by the army, omnes colles ab exercitu tenebantur, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, extr.: Evander had o.'d those regions many ages before, E multis ante tempestatibus ea tenuerat loca, Liv. 1, 5, init.: so, of the occupation of a house, Cic. Ph. 2, 41, init.
2. obsĭdeo, sēdi, ssum, 2 (usu. with hostile intent): when armed men o.'d all the approaches, quum omnes aditus armati obsidērent, Cic. Ph. 2, 35, fin.: also in gen. sense, all space is o.'d by body, corporibus omnis obsidetur locus, Cic. N. D. 1, 23, extr.
3. insĭdeo, sēdi, ssum, 3 (to be posted in or on): Mago will show you the post you are to o. (for ambuscade), Mago locum monstrabit quem insideatis, Liv. 21, 54, ad init. (= quem teneas, paulo supra): the Britons had hitherto o.'d the hilltops, Britanni adhuc summa collium insederant, Tac. Agr. 37: Plin. min. (N.B.--Cicero uses in and abl. after insideo: but the direct acc. is common in later writers.)
4. intrans. consisto, stĭti, stĭtum, 3 (to o. a position; be posted): the ground which they o.'d, locus in quo constitissent, Caes. B. G. 1, 13: the forces of the Britons o.'d the higher ground, Britannorum acies editioribus locis constiterat, Tac. Agr. 35.

III. To take up, cover or fill: compleo, etc.: v. to fill. Also obsĭdeo, 2 (to o. completely): v. supr. (II., 2).
IV. To engage:

1. occŭpo, 1 (to take up in such a way as to preclude other things): this cause will o. the first months, haec causa primos menses occupabit, Coel. in Cic. Fam. 8, 10, med. Esp. in p. part. occupatus: they are chiefly o.'d about ..., magnam partem in ... occupati sunt, id. Tusc. 4, 5, init.: v. engaged.
2. tĕneo, 2 (to engage the attention of): to be o.'d (or interested) about the same pursuits, iisdem studiis teneri, Cic. Fam. 7, 33: more fully, aliqua re occupatum teneri, cf. id. Coel. 19, 44.
3. in pass. sense, versor, 1 (to be taken up or engaged with: foll. by in and abl.): to be o.'d with some pursuit and art, in aliquo studio et arte v., id. Tusc. 1, 24, extr.: eloquence is o.'d (concerned) with the usage and speech of men, dicendi ratio in hominum more et sermone v., id. de Or. 1, 3, 12: so, to be much o.'d with anything, in aliqua re multum et saepe v., id. Quint. 1, 3.
4. in pass. sense, văco, 1 (strictly, to have leisure for, and so in Cic.: hence, to be o.'d with some literary or recreative pursuit: with dat.): Plin. Ep. 3. 5, 15. Phr.: to be entirely o.'d about something, totum se in aliqua re ponere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 19, 44: cf. Hor. S. 1, 9, 2, totus in illis, quite taken up or o.'d with them: to be very much o.'d, maximis occupationibus impediri, Cic. Fam. 12, 30: v. to distract (I.).

V. In milit. sense, to keep occupied, engage the entire attention of: distringo, nxi, ctum, 3: Hannibal should be sent into Africa to o. the Romans, H. in Africam mittendum esse, ad distringendos Romanos, Liv. 35, 18, extr.: Flor.

• OCCUPY

To engage, occupare, occupatum tenere (to engage one’s whole thoughts or attention): detinere (to keep close to a thing, to fix): curae est mihi aliquid, consulo alicui rei (engages my care or attention): to occupy one in various ways, distinere; distringere (to distract): to occupy one’s self in anything, occupari in aliqua re or aliqua re; versari in re or circa aliquid (to give one’s self up completely to a thing): se ponere in re (to lay one’s self out upon a thing): aliquid tractare (to handle): agere (to be chiefly concerned in): dare se rei (to devote one’s self to; to be busily occupied in anything): urgere aliquid (e.g., studia): to occupy one’s self wholly, or exclusively in anything, se totum collocare in re: my mind is entirely occupied with this one contemplation, totus animus in hac una contemplatione derixus est: to be occupied in a thing, occupatum esse in re; intentum esse alicui rei; in manibus est mihi aliquid; vigere in re (e.g., in rerum cognitione, Vid: Cic., Ecl. p. 56).
To take or have possession, habere; tenere; possidere: to occupy with troops, locum obsidere, insidere, occupare (the latter including the idea that one anticipates another in taking the place): locum praesidio firmare, munire; praesidium ponere, collocare, constituere in loco (to garrison a place which one already possesses): to occupy a place firmly with troops, valido occupare praesidio: a place PROP. occupied (with troops), locus tutus (opposed to intutus): to keep a place occupied (with troops), locum praesidio tenere (to hold with a garrison): locum asservare (to keep).

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