occupation, occupacion

[Fr. occupation, from Lat. occupationem, acc us, of occu patio a taking po e ion of, an occupation, from ocean *6. To use; to make use of. "If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied , then shall I be weak."- Judges xvi. 11. 7. To employ, to engage, to busy. (Often used reflexively.) "Be occupied in prophecies." -Ecclus . xxxix. 1. *8. To give employment to; to employ, to maintain. lains than six."- Act of Henry VIII. (Todd.) "An archbishop may have cause to occupy more chap 9. To attend to; to follow, as a busine , profe ion, or employment. "Who оссирy their busine in deep waters."-Psalm cxvii. 23. ( Prayer Book .) B. Intransitive: 1. To hold anything in po e ion; to be an occupant. 2. To engage in trade or traffic; to traffic. "He called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come." -Luke xix. 13. oc-cür', *oc-curr, *oc-curre, v . i . [Fr. occurrer, from Lat. occurro = to run to meet, to meet, to occur: oc- =against, and curro = to run; Sp. ocurrir; Ital. occorrere .] *1. To meet, to come together, to strike, to clash. "Bodies have a determinate motion according to the degrees of their external impulse, their inward principle of gravitation, and the resistance of the bodies they occur with."-Bentley: Boyle Lectures. 2. To be presented or come to the mind, memory, or imagination; to meet the mind; to be suggested; to arise before the mind. "There doth not occur to me any use of this experi. ment for profit."-Bacon: Nat . Hist ., § 401. 3. To happen, to befall, to fall out, to take place. "As soon as any opportunity shall occur for the same." -Cromwell: To Sir T. Wyatt, Feb. 22, 1538. 4. To to IMG:content-0221.png:[blocks in formation]