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Definition of Occupying
1. occupy [v] - See also: occupy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occupying
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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