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Obversely (ŏbvẽrsl�), adv. In an obverse manner.
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Obversion (ŏbvẽrshŭn), n. [L. obversio a turning towards.] 1. The act of turning toward or downward.
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2. (Logic) The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as “immediate inference by privative conception.” Bain.
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Obvert (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Obverting.] [L. obvertere; ob (see ) + vertere to turn. See .] To turn toward.
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If its base be obverted towards us. I. Watts.
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Obviate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obviated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Obviating.] [L. obviare; ob (see ) + viare to go, fr. via way. See .]
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1. To meet in the way. [Obs.]
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Not to stir a step to obviate any of a different religion. Fuller.
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2. To anticipate; to prevent by interception; to remove from the way or path; to make unnecessary; as, to obviate the necessity of going.
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To lay down everything in its full light, so as to obviate all exceptions. Woodward.
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obviating adj. pren. making impossible or unnecessary.
Syn. -- preclusive.
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Obviation (?), n. The act of obviating, or the state of being obviated.
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Obvious (?), a. [L. obvius; ob (see ) + via way. See .] 1. Opposing; fronting. [Obs.]
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To the evil turn
My obvious breast. Milton.
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2. Exposed; subject; open; liable. [Obs.] “Obvious to dispute.” Milton.
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3. Easily discovered, seen, or understood; readily perceived by the eye or the intellect; plain; evident; apparent; as, an obvious meaning; an obvious remark.
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Apart and easy to be known they lie,
Amidst the heap, and obvious to the eye. Pope.
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Syn. -- Plain; clear; evident. See .
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-- Obviously, adv. -- Obvious-ness, n.
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{ Obvolute (?), Obvoluted (?), } a. [L. obvolutus, p. p. of obvolvere to wrap round; ob (see ) + volvere to roll.] Overlapping; contorted; convolute; -- applied primarily, in botany, to two opposite leaves, each of which has one edge overlapping the nearest edge of the other, and secondarily to a circle of several leaves or petals which thus overlap.
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Oby (?), n. See .
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Oca (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A Peruvian name for certain species of Oxalis (Oxalis crenata, and Oxalis tuberosa) which bear edible tubers.
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Ocarina (?), n. [Cf. It. carino pretty.] (Mus.) A kind of small simple wind instrument.
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Occamy (?), n. [A corruption of alchemy.] An alloy imitating gold or silver. [Written also ochimy, ochymy, etc.]
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Occasion (ŏkkāzhŭn), n. [F. occasion, L. occasio, fr. occidere, occasum, to fall down; ob (see ) + cadere to fall. See , and cf. .] 1. A falling out, happening, or coming to pass; hence, that which falls out or happens; occurrence; incident; event.
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The unlooked-for incidents of family history, and its hidden excitements, and its arduous occasions. I. Taylor.
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2. A favorable opportunity; a convenient or timely chance; convenience.
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Sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me. Rom. vii. 11.
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I'll take the occasion which he gives to bring
Him to his death. Waller.
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3. An occurrence or condition of affairs which brings with it some unlooked-for event; that which incidentally brings to pass an event, without being its efficient cause or sufficient reason; accidental or incidental cause.
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Her beauty was the occasion of the war. Dryden.
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4. Need; exigency; requirement; necessity; as, I have no occasion for firearms.
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After we have served ourselves and our own occasions. Jer. Taylor.
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When my occasions took me into France. Burke.
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5. A reason or excuse; a motive; a persuasion.
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Whose manner was, all passengers to stay,
And entertain with her occasions sly. Spenser.
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Coloq. On occasion , (a) in case of need; in necessity; as convenience requires. “That we might have intelligence from him on occasion,” De Foe. -- (b) occasionally; from time to time; now and then.
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Syn. -- Need; incident; use. See .
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Occasion (ŏkkāzhŭn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occasioned (ŏkkāzhŭnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Occasioning.] [Cf. F. occasionner.] To give occasion to; to cause; to produce; to induce; as, to occasion anxiety. South.
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If we inquire what it is that occasions men to make several combinations of simple ideas into distinct modes. Locke.
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Occasionable (ŏkkāzhŭnȧb'l), a. Capable of being occasioned or caused. Barrow.
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Occasional (ŏkkāzhŭn�l), a. [Cf. F. occasionnel.] 1. Occuring at times, but not constant, regular, or systematic; made or happening as opportunity requires or admits; casual; incidental; as, occasional remarks, or efforts.
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The . . . occasional writing of the present times. Bagehot.
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2. Produced by accident; as, the occasional origin of a thing. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
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3. Of or pertaining to an occasion or to occasions; intended for a specific occasion; for use only when needed, and not regularly.
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Coloq. Occasional cause (Metaph.), some circumstance preceding an effect which, without being the real cause, becomes the occasion of the action of the efficient cause; thus, the act of touching gunpowder with fire is the occasional, but not the efficient, cause of an explosion.
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Occasionalism (?), n. (Metaph.) The system of occasional causes; -- a name given to certain theories of the Cartesian school of philosophers, as to the intervention of the First Cause, by which they account for the apparent reciprocal action of the soul and the body.
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Occasionality (?), n. Quality or state of being occasional; occasional occurrence. [R.]
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Occasionally (?), adv. In an occasional manner; on occasion; at times, as convenience requires or opportunity offers; not regularly. Stewart.
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The one, Wolsey, directly his subject by birth; the other, his subject occasionally by his preferment. Fuller.
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Occasionate (?), v. t. To occasion. [Obs.]
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The lowest may occasionate much ill. Dr. H. More.
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Occasioner (?), n. One who, or that which, occasions, causes, or produces. Bp. Sanderson.
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Occasive (?), a. [L. occasivus, fr. occasus a going down, setting of the heavenly bodies, fr. occidere to fall or down. See .] Of or pertaining to the setting sun; falling; descending; western.
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Occecation (?), n. [L. occaecatio, fr. occaecare to make blind; ob + caecare to blind, fr. caecus blind.] The act of making blind, or the state of being blind. [R.] “This inward occecation.” Bp. Hall.
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Occident (?), n. [F., fr. L. occidens, occidentis, fr. occidents, p. pr. of occidere to fall or go down. See .] The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west; -- opposed to orient. Specifically, in former times, Europe as opposed to Asia; now, also, the Western hemisphere. Chaucer.
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I may wander from east to occident. Shak.
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Occidental (?), a. [L. occidentalis; cf. F. occidental.] 1. Of, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western; -- opposed to oriental; as, occidental climates, or customs; an occidental planet.
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2. Possessing inferior hardness, brilliancy, or beauty; -- used of inferior precious stones and gems, because those found in the Orient are generally superior.
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Occidentals (?), n. pl. (Eccl.) Western Christians of the Latin rite. See . Shipley.
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Occiduous (?), a. [L. occiduus, fr. occidere to go down.] Western; occidental. [R.] Blount.
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Occipital (?), a. [Cf. F. occipital.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone.
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Coloq. Occipital bone (Anat.), the bone which forms the posterior segment of the skull and surrounds the great foramen by which the spinal cord leaves the cranium. In the higher vertebrates it is usually composed of four bones, which become consolidated in the adult. -- Coloq. Occipital point (Anat.), the point of the occiput in the mesial plane farthest from the ophryon.
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Occipital, n. (Anat.) The occipital bone.
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Occipito- (�). [See .] A combining form denoting relation to the occiput, or situation near the occiput; as, occipito-axial; occipito-mastoid.
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Occipitoaxial (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the occipital bone and second vertebra, or axis.
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Occiput (?), n.; pl. L. Occipita (#), E. Occiputs. [L., fr. ob (see ) + caput head. See .] 1. (Anat.) The back, or posterior, part of the head or skull; the region of the occipital bone.
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2. (Zoöl.) A plate which forms the back part of the head of insects.
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Occision (?), n. [L. occisio, fr. occidere, occisium, to cut down, to kill; ob (see ) + caedere to cut.] A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.
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Occlude (?), v. t. [L. occludere, occlusum; ob (see ) + claudere to shut.] 1. To shut up; to close. Sir T. Browne.
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2. (Chem.) To take in and retain; to absorb; -- said especially with respect to gases; as, iron, platinum, and palladium occlude large volumes of hydrogen.
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Occludent (?), a. [L. occludens, p. pr. of occludere.] Serving to close; shutting up. -- n. That which closes or shuts up. Sterne.
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Occluse (?), a. [L. occlusus, p. p. See .] Shut; closed. [Obs.] Holder.
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Occlusion (?), n. [See .] 1. The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.
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Constriction and occlusion of the orifice. Howell.
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2. (Med.) The transient approximation of the edges of a natural opening; imperforation. Dunglison.
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Coloq. Occlusion of gases (Chem. & Physics), the phenomenon of absorbing gases, as exhibited by platinum, palladium, iron, or charcoal; thus, palladium absorbs, or occludes, nearly a thousand times its own volume of hydrogen, and in this case a chemical compound seems to be formed.
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Occrustate (?), v. t. [See , and .] To incrust; to harden. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
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Occult (?), a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see ) + a root prob. akin to E. hell: cf. F. occulte.] Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.
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It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. I. Taylor.
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Coloq. Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan. -- Coloq. Occult qualities , those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen. -- Coloq. Occult sciences , those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
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Occult, v. t. To eclipse; to hide from sight.
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Occultation (?), n. [L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf. F. occultation. See .] 1. (Astron.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
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2. (Fig.:) The state of being occult.
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The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. Jeffrey.
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Coloq. Circle of perpetual occultation . See under .
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Occulted, a. 1. Hidden; secret. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. (Astron.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
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Occulting (?), n. Same as .
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Occultism (?), n. 1. A certain Oriental system of theosophy. A. P. Sinnett.
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2. Belief in occult powers or in supernatural forces other than the God of traditional religions, such as in magic, necromancy, alchemy, and astrology.
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3. The study and alleged use of supernatural agencies as in magic, astrology, witchcraft, alchemy, necromancy, spiritualism (communication with the dead), and fortune-telling.
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Occultist, n. An adherent of occultism.
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Occultly, adv. In an occult manner.
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Occultness, n. State or quality of being occult.
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Occupancy (?), n. [See .] 1. The act of taking or holding possession, especially of real property or rental property; possession; occupation.
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2. The state or condition of being occupied; as, occupancy by more than 250 people is dangerous and unlawful.
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3. The period of time during which one occupies a property.
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Coloq. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent.
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Occupant (?), n. [L. occupans, p. pr. of occupare: cf. F. occupant. See .] 1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing; as, the occupant of the apartment is not at home.
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☞ This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner.
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2. A prostitute. [Obs.] Marston.
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Occupate (?), v. t. [L. occupatus, p. p. of occupare. See .] To occupy. [Obs.] Bacon.
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Occupation (?), n. [L. occupatio: cf. F. occupation.] 1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.
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2. That which occupies or engages the time and attention.
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3. Specfically: The principal business of one's life; the principal work by which one earns one's livelihood; vocation; employment; profession; calling; trade; avocation; as, these days many people continue to practice their occupation well into their seventies.
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Absence of occupation is not rest. Cowper.
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Coloq. Occupation bridge (Engin.), a bridge connecting the parts of an estate separated by a railroad, a canal, or an ordinary road.
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Syn. -- Occupancy; possession; tenure; use; employment; avocation; engagement; vocation; calling; office; trade; profession.
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occupational adj. Of or pertaining to an occupation{3} or occupations{3}; caused by or incidental to an occupation{3}; as, occupational hazard; occupational illness.
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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.
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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.
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4. Busy; actively or fully engaged in some activity; -- of people. Opposite of idle.
Syn. -- employed, engaged.
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Occupier (?), n. 1. One who occupies, or has possession.
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2. One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. [Obs.] “Merchants and occupiers.” Holland.
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The occupiers of thy merchandise. Ezek. xxvii. 27.
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Occupy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Occupied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Occupying (?).] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare; ob (see ) + a word akin to capere to take. See .] 1. To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.
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Woe occupieth the fine [end] of our gladness. Chaucer.
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The better apartments were already occupied. W. Irving.
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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.
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3. To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of; to employ; to busy.
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An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chaplains than six. Eng. Statute (Hen. VIII. )
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They occupied themselves about the Sabbath. 2 Macc. viii. 27.
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4. To do business in; to busy one's self with. [Obs.]
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All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise. Ezek. xxvii. 9.
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Not able to occupy their old crafts. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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5. To use; to expend; to make use of. [Obs.]
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All the gold that was occupied for the work. Ex. xxxviii. 24.
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They occupy not money themselves. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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6. To have sexual intercourse with. [Obs.] Nares.
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Occupy, v. i. 1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. “Occupy till I come.” Luke xix. 13.
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2. To follow business; to traffic.
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occupying n. the act of taking occupancy.
Syn. -- occupation, moving in.
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Occur (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Occurred(?); p. pr. & vb. n. Occurring (?).] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see ) + currere to run. See .] 1. To meet; to clash. [Obs.]
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The resistance of the bodies they occur with. Bentley.
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2. To go in order to meet; to make reply. [Obs.]
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I must occur to one specious objection. Bentley.
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3. To meet one's eye; to be found or met with; to present itself; to appear.
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In Scripture, though the word heir occur, yet there is no such thing as “heir” in our author's sense. Locke.
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4. To happen; to take place; as, I will write if opportunity occurs.
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5. To come to the mind; to arise in the mind; to suggest itself; to be presented to the imagination or memory; -- of an idea or thought; as, it never occurred to me to call John to ask.
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There doth not occur to me any use of this experiment for profit. Bacon.
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Occurrence (?), n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See .] 1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.
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Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and expectation of something new. I. Watts.
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2. Any event or incident; esp., one which happens without being designed or expected; as, an unusual occurrence, or the ordinary occurrences of life.
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All the occurrence of my fortune. Shak.
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Syn. -- See .
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Occurrent (?), a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of occurrere: cf. F. occurrent. See .] Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.
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Occurrent (?), n. 1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. [Obs.] Holland.
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2. Anything that happens; an occurrence. [Obs.]
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These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. Sir T. Browne.
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Occurse (?), n. [L. occursus.] Same as . [Obs.] Bentley.
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Occursion (?), n. [L. occursio. See .] A meeting; a clash; a collision. [Obs.] Boyle.
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