occupativeadj.

Brit.

/ˌɒkjᵿˈpeɪtɪv/,

/ˈɒkjᵿpətɪv/, U.S.

/ˌɑkjəˈpeɪdɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin occupāt- , occupāre , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin occupāt-, past participial stem of occupāre occupy v. + -ive suffix. Compare Middle French occupatif drawing attention (1507), post-classical Latin occupativus (13th cent.).With sense 2 compare earlier occupational adj.

1. Characterized by occupying or being occupied; (Law) held by a tenure based on occupation (see occupation n. 1a). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by tenure based on occupation

occupative1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) An Occupative Field, is that which, being deserted by its proper owner, or tiller, is possessed by another.

1894 Spectator 24 Feb. 269 The saying of the Neapolitan Carracioli—‘The throne of Russia is not hereditary or elective, but occupative’.

1911 B. Stoker Lair of White Worm (1991) xi. 65 Circumstances which were at once stimulating to the imagination, occupative of his mind, and absorbing.

2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of work, employment, occupation, etc.

ΚΠ

1885 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 214/2 Corresponding efforts to have the educative studies removed, and occupative studies substituted in their stead.

1924 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 4 199 The opinion of the writer just quoted favors the probability that Taliaferro is really an occupative surname signifying ‘One who cuts iron, an iron worker’—a conclusion which, he says, ‘legend will not accept’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	occupative
释义	occupativeadj. Brit. /ˌɒkjᵿˈpeɪtɪv/, /ˈɒkjᵿpətɪv/, U.S. /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪdɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin occupāt- , occupāre , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin occupāt-, past participial stem of occupāre occupy v. + -ive suffix. Compare Middle French occupatif drawing attention (1507), post-classical Latin occupativus (13th cent.).With sense 2 compare earlier occupational adj. 1. Characterized by occupying or being occupied; (Law) held by a tenure based on occupation (see occupation n. 1a). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by tenure based on occupation occupative1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia (at cited word) An Occupative Field, is that which, being deserted by its proper owner, or tiller, is possessed by another. 1894 Spectator 24 Feb. 269 The saying of the Neapolitan Carracioli—‘The throne of Russia is not hereditary or elective, but occupative’. 1911 B. Stoker Lair of White Worm (1991) xi. 65 Circumstances which were at once stimulating to the imagination, occupative of his mind, and absorbing. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of work, employment, occupation, etc. ΚΠ 1885 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 214/2 Corresponding efforts to have the educative studies removed, and occupative studies substituted in their stead. 1924 William & Mary Coll. Q. Hist. Mag. 4 199 The opinion of the writer just quoted favors the probability that Taliaferro is really an occupative surname signifying ‘One who cuts iron, an iron worker’—a conclusion which, he says, ‘legend will not accept’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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