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Search phrase: occupy

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor II.iii.231Pre-occupied with what you rather must dopre-occupy'd with what you rather must do,
Henry IV Part 22H4 II.iv.144will make the word as odious as the word ‘ occupy ’,will make the word Captaine odious:
Romeo and JulietRJ II.iv.97meant indeed to occupy the argument no longer.meant indeed to occupie the argument no longer.

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Glossary

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employdevote, apply, occupy [oneself]
entertainoccupy, engage, fill up
extractingdistracting, preoccupying, disconcerting
hentreach, arrive at, occupy
inheritoccupy, inhabit, live on
occupyfornicate, have sexual dealings [with]
rangeoccupy, take up, be placed
supplyfill up, take [the place of], occupy, substitute
takeoccupy, fill up
taskoccupy, engage, make demands on
windoccupy, fill up, take up

Thesaurus

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engage [occupy]task
engage [occupy]entertain
occupyinherit
occupytake
occupytask
occupywind
occupyentertain
occupysupply
occupyrange
occupyhent
occupyemploy
preoccupyingextracting

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OCCUPYBASICoccupation n, occupy v
OCCUPYTIMEpre-occupy v
PRE-OCCUPYBASICsee OCCUPY

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