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occupy

verb
  1. To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, people, populate. See place
  2. To seize and move into by force: take over. See attack
  3. To cause to be busy or in use: engage, monopolize, preempt, tie up. See action, used
  4. To make busy: busy, employ, engage. See action
  5. To get and hold the attention of: engage, involve. See excite
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