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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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(Occup(e,) v. Pres. t. occupis, -ys, oc(c)upe. Pres. p. occupand. P.t. and p.p. occupit, -yt, -yd. [Perh. mainly irreg. var. spellings of Occupy v., but cf. OF. occuper, L. occupāre: cf. also Occupar n., Occupin(g vbl. n.] = Occupy v. in various uses. a1400 Leg. S. l. 159.
For that we occupyd ware In sacrifice of goddis sere c1420 Wynt. vi. 466.
Qwhen this Leo the ferd wes dede A woman occupyd that sted c1475 Wall. x. 633.
Wallace and his maid litill noyis … Bot occupyd with wapynnys in that stour 1516 Reg. Privy S. I. 428/2.
Occupys 1518 Boyd Fam. P. No. 2 (7 July).
The landis … occupyt without … licens of hir be the said … Jhonn 1540 Reg. Cupar A. II. 7.
Oure said half town … quhilk the said Williame occupis and lawboris now instantlye 1543–4 Corr. M. Lorraine 57.
I haif been sa occupyt nicht and day that I had na lasor to write to your grace 1567 Sat. P. ii. 2.
It is not aneuch the pure King is deid, Bot the mischant murtheraris occupand his steid 1569 Cal. Sc. P. III. 5.
[The King is so] occupit [with the recovering of his towns that (etc.)] 1586 Perth B. Ct. 1 Nov.
To flit & remoiff … furth and fra [the] ȝeardis … safar as they occupe thairof a1595 Cullen Chron. Aberd. 54.
The craiftis men … thinkand to ocupe marchandrise