occupate

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verb

To occupy.

OriginLatin occupātus →
First used 1605–1805Scrabble 14
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Meanings

verboccupate (third-person singular simple present occupates, present participle occupating, simple past and past participle occupated)

present singular third person occupates · participle present occupating · participle past occupated · past occupated

  1. nonstandardrendered obsolete in the end of 17th centuryTo occupy.

    the seats and domiciles which the several faculties of the mind do take and occupate in the organs of the body

    1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC
  2. obsoleteparticiplepastpast participle of occupate, occupiedFirst known use 1605–1805

Origin

  1. Latinoccupātus
  2. Englishoccupate

First attested in 1547; borrowed from Latin occupātus, perfect passive participle of occupō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of occupy

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APA

occupate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupate

MLA

“occupate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “occupate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/occupate.

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