Occupate

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To occupy. nonstandard

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

  2. 2
    past participle of occupate, occupied form-of, obsolete, participle, past

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

Etymology

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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