Definition of Occupying

1. Verb. (present participle of occupy) ¹

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Definition of Occupying

1. occupy [v] - See also: occupy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupying

occupational safety and health act
occupational safety and health administration
occupational spasm
occupational therapist
occupational therapists
occupational therapy
occupationally
occupationless
occupations
occupied
occupier
occupiers
occupies
occupy oneself
occupying (current term)
occur
occured
occurence
occuring
occurred
occurrence
occurrences
occurrent
occurrents
occurring
occurs
occursion
occursions
occy

Literary usage of Occupying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1900)
"In the interest of these occupying claimants Kentucky, in 1797, placed a law on her statute-book which provided that when an occupying claimant was evicted ..."

2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1910)
"Veto of act to amend act concerning occupying claimants of land. (House jol. ... Rept. of comrs. to adjust occupying claimant laws with Va. (Sen. jol. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"The ninth volume of the Record contains 1100 pages of text, of which 770 pages are taken for abstracts of publications originally occupying 56569 pages. ..."

4. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"Any man, it will be thought, occupying so dignified a place in public life—a lord of Parliament, holder of a prize in the episcopal lottery (for Bangor was ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The campaign for regaining the State failed, and by November the Confederate authorities decided to abandon the plan of occupying it. ..."

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