OCCUPANCY, OCCUPIED, OCCUPY, OCCUPYING
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
► AGAIT ► AGATE of a person: going on with work; busy, occupied, engaged upon → 1865 Eng. dial.
► HAND-BOUND fully occupied, very busy → 1856 Eng. dial.
► NEGOTIOUS fully or constantly occupied or busy → 1642 obs.
► OCCUPAND occupying → 1567 Sc. obs.
► OCCUPATE occupied; taken into and held in possession → 1605 obs.
► OCCUPATIVE characterized by occupying or being occupied → 1656
► SISEL occupied, engaged → c1325 obs.
► THRANG ► THRONG busy; occupied; absorbed in work, etc.; of work: pressing → 1781 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► YERN earnestly occupied or engaged, busy about something → a1300 obs.
NOUNS
► OCCUPANCE occupancy, occupying → 1814
► POLYPRAGMATY a being occupied with a large or excessive number of matters → 1852 obs.
► RAT-KILLING whatever one is occupied with at the moment; present business, occupation, or work-at-hand; miscellaneous tasks → 1967 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► HAVE IN OCCUPATION to be occupied or busied with → a1340 obs.
► OCCUPATE to occupy → 1547 obs.
► OFSIT to sit upon, to occupy, to repress → c888 obs.
► TENT ABOUT to occupy oneself → 1888 Eng. dial.
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