occupyingn.

Brit.

/ˈɒkjᵿpʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see occupy v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occupy v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < occupy v. + -ing suffix¹.

†1.

a. The action or fact of being occupied; engagement in something. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun]

busyingeOE

busyOE

busyship?c1225

busyhead1340

occupation?1387

occupyinga1400

businessc1405

vacationc1450

employing1459

employment1542

entertainment1551

activity1570

trade1591

negotiation1628

engagement1661

employ1675

busyness1809

occupancy1826

carry-on1917

a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 49 (MED) Verry recreation is leeveful ocupiynge in false werkis to more ardently worschen grettere werkis.

?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 104 (MED) Prelatis..suffren cristene soulis be stranglid wiþ woluys of helle þoruȝ here doumbnesse & occupiynge aboute þe world.

c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 440 (MED) Occupying of men in Antecristis lawes..drawiþ fro Goddis lawe.

b. Carrying on, practice (of something). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 102 The incircumspect occupying of their crafts.

1547 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 92 For okypying of comyn skowddyng [= scolding].

?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 42 A full exercysed craftesman in that occupyeng of mischefe.

c. Something which occupies a person, or in which a person is engaged; occupation, business; trade, traffic. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > [noun]

mister?c1225

studyc1350

occupation?1387

businessc1405

entermise1490

occupying1548

banking1660

improvement1670

1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §11 Anye parishe..uppon..þe Sea costes, the commodities and occupyinge whereof consisteth chieflye in fysshinge.

1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke xix. 15 How much every man had gained by occupying.

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Bviij A butcher might sell you..all the felles, hides and tallowe growing and comming by his occupying.

a. The taking or holding possession (of something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > [noun] > occupancy

occupying1425

occupation1433

occupancy1629

occupance1814

1425 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 173 (MED) Þe Englishmen..aght to have better cause of knowlache of þe said places, þat is to wit, long occupying and pasturinge of þeir bestes.

a1443 Chancery Petitions (Public Rec. Office) Ser. CP1 File 12 No. 196 (MED) And the londes..of the same house, wrongfully toke, yet taketh and ocupieth, whiche takynge and ocupyinge ys cause to be distruccoun of yor saide pore besecher.

1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 28/1 No persone be charged..for any entre or occupyenge of the said Lordshippes, Londes, Tenementez, or othur premisses.

1513 in J. Fullarton Rec. Burgh Prestwick (1834) 44 Johne Mertyn accusit George Symsone of the wrangwis occopying of his gers.

1536–7 in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 142 By authoritie of this Parliament unhabled and repelled from the exercising, receiving, or occupying of that office for ever.

1557 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue B. 141 at Occupyin(g In the violent occupeing..of the seruice of the millerschip and knaifschip of Dalsangane mylne.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. ccxlix In the case of wrongful occupation [of a thing], the physical faculty of occupying may have been obtained with or without the assistance or consent of the proprietor.

1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs 196 The occupying of the flat country with a strong wall of troops, would be a more efficient bulwark than a thousand towers.

1884 T. W. Hime Public Health 57 Prohibition of occupying of Cellar Dwellings.

†b. A piece of land occupied or held; a holding. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > action or fact of

tenementa1325

tenantry1391

holding1420

manuring1436

tenure1442

manurance?1467

occupying1577

tenancy1590

holda1647

1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. vii. f. 82^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I In the woodlande countries..they [sc. houses] stande scattered abroad, eache one dwelling in the midst of his owne occupying.

c. Residence in a place as its occupier. Chiefly attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun]

wonningc960

bewistc1200

livingc1350

lodging1362

habitationc1374

indwellinga1382

dwellingc1384

inhabitinga1400

bidingc1400

inhabitationc1400

residencec1405

mansiona1425

winningc1425

demur1444

abodec1450

resianty1467

demurrance1509

resiance1566

place-being1567

residency1579

resiancy1580

commorancy1586

residing1587

inhabitance1588

abodement1592

commorance1594

habit1603

commoration1623

inwoning1647

inhabitancy1681

habitancy1792

domicile1835

occupying1849

abidal1850

tenancy1856

1849 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith 97 He was unwell, and the philosophising spirit which had possessed him, thinking a failing tenement no longer worth its occupying, had flung it off again to its old owner.

1884 W. E. Gladstone Speech 28 Feb. The proportion of occupying franchises..to the property franchises.

1884 Daily News 24 Sept. 6/2 His views on peasant proprietary and occupying ownership.

1992 Accountancy (BNC) Nov. 52 There are certain other reliefs [from payment of rates], for example where the owner is prevented by law from occupying.

†3. Using, use, employment. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun]

hold1303

tenementsa1325

tenementc1330

occupying1431

tenure1439

landholdinga1475

living1581

holding1640

occupation1792

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun]

bihofthc1175

use?c1225

usinga1340

notingc1400

usage?c1400

occupationa1425

employment1437

employing1459

usancec1475

occupying1535

trade1552

wear1571

usury1607

adoperation1608

use-making1608

improvement1620

employ1677

exploiting1842

utilization1847

nuse1848

utilizing1864

1431 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 202 (MED) Off The Smythe Inne þe pulterye For ocupyeng off owr Grownde wt a Stythye For þe kyngges werke, xxvj s. viij d.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 554 Not eny yuel which mai not eesili be remedied stonding al the good which bifore is rehercid to come bi the same bildingis and her occupiyngis.

?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman sig. k^v By her diligence and occupieng of wolle, her house shal lacke nothynge.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. iv. D The altare, and their cordes, and all..that belongeth to their occupienge.

1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 89 Iron with muche occupiyng, is worne too naught.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xcv. 579 If I lende him money nowe, it is layde a water, I loose a whole yeares occupying of it.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. ix. 505 Such pottain or old mettall which is overworne, and by ordinarie occupying and using to the hand, bright-shining.

1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 197 And lastely golde as more cleane..not lessened by occupying.

4. The action of having sexual intercourse or relations; use or employment for sexual gratification; an act of sexual intercourse. archaic in later use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse

ymonec950

moneOE

meanc1175

manredc1275

swivinga1300

couplec1320

companyc1330

fellowred1340

the service of Venusc1350

miskissinga1387

fellowshipc1390

meddlinga1398

carnal knowinga1400

flesha1400

knowledgea1400

knowledginga1400

japec1400

commoning?c1425

commixtionc1429

itc1440

communicationc1450

couplingc1475

mellingc1480

carnality1483

copulation1483

mixturea1500

Venus act?1507

Venus exercise?1507

Venus play?1507

Venus work?1507

conversation?c1510

flesh-company1522

act?1532

carnal knowledge1532

occupying?1544

congression1546

soil1555

conjunction1567

fucking1568

rem in re1568

commixture1573

coiture1574

shaking of the sheets?1577

cohabitation1579

bedding1589

congress1589

union1598

embrace1599

making-outa1601

rutting1600

noddy1602

poop-noddy1606

conversinga1610

carnal confederacy1610

wapping1610

businessa1612

coition1615

doinga1616

amation1623

commerce1624

hot cocklesa1627

other thing1628

buck1632

act of love1638

commistion1658

subagitation1658

cuntc1664

coit1671

intimacy1676

the last favour1676

quiffing1686

old hat1697

correspondence1698

frigging1708

Moll Peatley1711

coitus1713

sexual intercourse1753

shagging1772

connection1791

intercourse1803

interunion1822

greens1846

tail1846

copula1864

poking1864

fuckeea1866

sex relation1871

wantonizing1884

belly-flopping1893

twatting1893

jelly roll1895

mattress-jig1896

sex1900

screwing1904

jazz1918

zig-zig1918

other1922

booty1926

pigmeat1926

jazzing1927

poontang1927

relations1927

whoopee1928

nookie1930

hump1931

jig-a-jig1932

homework1933

quickie1933

nasty1934

jig-jig1935

crumpet1936

pussy1937

Sir Berkeley1937

pom-pom1945

poon1947

charvering1954

mollocking1959

leg1967

rumpy-pumpy1968

shafting1971

home plate1972

pata-pata1977

bonking1985

legover1985

knobbing1986

rumpo1986

fanny1993

?1544 J. Bale Epist. Exhortatorye 22 b From the fylthy occupying of an harlot he cometh strayght to the Aultre.

1562 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 295 Dyd ryd a woman thrugh London..for baldre, or okuwpyng of here owne gayre.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trentuno,..an occupying of one and thirtie times to such a colmon hedge whore or ouer-ridden iade, as we say in England a pumping of a common whore.

1969 D. S. Thomas tr. M. Millot in Long Time Burning 362 Occupying is to stick a prick into a cunt and wriggle your arse 'till you spend.

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

occupyingadj.

Brit.

/ˈɒkjᵿpʌɪɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ/

Forms: see occupy v. and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occupy v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < occupy v. + -ing suffix².

That occupies something or somewhere.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > occupying

occupying1552

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Occupyinge, occupans.

c1659 C. Cotton Valiant Knight 114 I doe designe T'ore top the vapours Of all my occupying neighbours.

1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 141 The occupying tenants have from 15 to 100 acres.

1821 Deb. Congr. U.S. 12 Dec. (1855) I. 24 The Occupying Claimant Law [of Kentucky]..the object of which was the settlement of conflicting land claims.

1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career III. i. 24 Our occupying-party was in readiness in the trenches.

1887 Spectator 16 Apr. 532/1 The extinction of great landlords and the creation of occupying owners.

1941 Times 16 July 3/1 The occupation of the principal localities in Syria and the Lebanon will be undertaken in accordance with the programme which will allow immediate replacement of French by the occupying forces.

1992 Weekly Law Rep. 21 Aug. 469 An agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease.

1995 Economist 4 Feb. 64/3 Some members of the taliban are trained fighters, having fought with the mujahideen in the 1980's against the occupying Soviet army.

Compounds

occupying power n. a state whose army occupies (part of) a foreign country.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation > types of

ocean power1713

colonial power1801

sea power1849

occupying power1866

superpower1911

1866 H. Wheaton Elements Internat. Law (ed. 8) iv. 347 Belligerent occupation implies a firm possession, so that the occupying power can execute its will either by force or by acquiescence of the people.

1959 Observer 22 Mar. 1/2 Nuclear weapons..would be in the hands of the occupying Powers and never pass into German control.

1975 J. Cleary Safe House i. 26 The need to show the Occupying Powers that..they were not going to favour Nazis and ex-Nazis.

1981 S. Ackroyd & J. A. Hughes Data Coll. in Context iii. 31 [The census] undertaken by Augustus Caesar, which affected the..birth of Christ, and the Domesday survey compiled at the instigation of William I..were attempts by an occupying power to extend its control over a subject population.

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

单词	occupying
释义	occupyingn. Brit. /ˈɒkjᵿpʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see occupy v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occupy v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < occupy v. + -ing suffix¹. †1. a. The action or fact of being occupied; engagement in something. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] busyingeOE busyOE busyship?c1225 busyhead1340 occupation?1387 occupyinga1400 businessc1405 vacationc1450 employing1459 employment1542 entertainment1551 activity1570 trade1591 negotiation1628 engagement1661 employ1675 busyness1809 occupancy1826 carry-on1917 a1400 in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) II. 49 (MED) Verry recreation is leeveful ocupiynge in false werkis to more ardently worschen grettere werkis. ?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 104 (MED) Prelatis..suffren cristene soulis be stranglid wiþ woluys of helle þoruȝ here doumbnesse & occupiynge aboute þe world. c1475 (?c1400) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 440 (MED) Occupying of men in Antecristis lawes..drawiþ fro Goddis lawe. b. Carrying on, practice (of something). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1531 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 102 The incircumspect occupying of their crafts. 1547 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 92 For okypying of comyn skowddyng [= scolding]. ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 42 A full exercysed craftesman in that occupyeng of mischefe. c. Something which occupies a person, or in which a person is engaged; occupation, business; trade, traffic. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > [noun] mister?c1225 studyc1350 occupation?1387 businessc1405 entermise1490 occupying1548 banking1660 improvement1670 1548 Act 2 & 3 Edw. VI c. 13 §11 Anye parishe..uppon..þe Sea costes, the commodities and occupyinge whereof consisteth chieflye in fysshinge. 1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke xix. 15 How much every man had gained by occupying. 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Bviij A butcher might sell you..all the felles, hides and tallowe growing and comming by his occupying. 2. a. The taking or holding possession (of something). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [noun] > occupancy occupying1425 occupation1433 occupancy1629 occupance1814 1425 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1834) III. 173 (MED) Þe Englishmen..aght to have better cause of knowlache of þe said places, þat is to wit, long occupying and pasturinge of þeir bestes. a1443 Chancery Petitions (Public Rec. Office) Ser. CP1 File 12 No. 196 (MED) And the londes..of the same house, wrongfully toke, yet taketh and ocupieth, whiche takynge and ocupyinge ys cause to be distruccoun of yor saide pore besecher. 1472–3 Rolls of Parl. VI. 28/1 No persone be charged..for any entre or occupyenge of the said Lordshippes, Londes, Tenementez, or othur premisses. 1513 in J. Fullarton Rec. Burgh Prestwick (1834) 44 Johne Mertyn accusit George Symsone of the wrangwis occopying of his gers. 1536–7 in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 142 By authoritie of this Parliament unhabled and repelled from the exercising, receiving, or occupying of that office for ever. 1557 Digest Decisions Justiciary Court in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue B. 141 at Occupyin(g In the violent occupeing..of the seruice of the millerschip and knaifschip of Dalsangane mylne. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. ccxlix In the case of wrongful occupation [of a thing], the physical faculty of occupying may have been obtained with or without the assistance or consent of the proprietor. 1810 J. Porter Sc. Chiefs 196 The occupying of the flat country with a strong wall of troops, would be a more efficient bulwark than a thousand towers. 1884 T. W. Hime Public Health 57 Prohibition of occupying of Cellar Dwellings. †b. A piece of land occupied or held; a holding. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > action or fact of tenementa1325 tenantry1391 holding1420 manuring1436 tenure1442 manurance?1467 occupying1577 tenancy1590 holda1647 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. ii. vii. f. 82^v/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I In the woodlande countries..they [sc. houses] stande scattered abroad, eache one dwelling in the midst of his owne occupying. c. Residence in a place as its occupier. Chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] wonningc960 bewistc1200 livingc1350 lodging1362 habitationc1374 indwellinga1382 dwellingc1384 inhabitinga1400 bidingc1400 inhabitationc1400 residencec1405 mansiona1425 winningc1425 demur1444 abodec1450 resianty1467 demurrance1509 resiance1566 place-being1567 residency1579 resiancy1580 commorancy1586 residing1587 inhabitance1588 abodement1592 commorance1594 habit1603 commoration1623 inwoning1647 inhabitancy1681 habitancy1792 domicile1835 occupying1849 abidal1850 tenancy1856 1849 J. A. Froude Nemesis of Faith 97 He was unwell, and the philosophising spirit which had possessed him, thinking a failing tenement no longer worth its occupying, had flung it off again to its old owner. 1884 W. E. Gladstone Speech 28 Feb. The proportion of occupying franchises..to the property franchises. 1884 Daily News 24 Sept. 6/2 His views on peasant proprietary and occupying ownership. 1992 Accountancy (BNC) Nov. 52 There are certain other reliefs [from payment of rates], for example where the owner is prevented by law from occupying. †3. Using, use, employment. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] hold1303 tenementsa1325 tenementc1330 occupying1431 tenure1439 landholdinga1475 living1581 holding1640 occupation1792 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [noun] bihofthc1175 use?c1225 usinga1340 notingc1400 usage?c1400 occupationa1425 employment1437 employing1459 usancec1475 occupying1535 trade1552 wear1571 usury1607 adoperation1608 use-making1608 improvement1620 employ1677 exploiting1842 utilization1847 nuse1848 utilizing1864 1431 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 202 (MED) Off The Smythe Inne þe pulterye For ocupyeng off owr Grownde wt a Stythye For þe kyngges werke, xxvj s. viij d. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 554 Not eny yuel which mai not eesili be remedied stonding al the good which bifore is rehercid to come bi the same bildingis and her occupiyngis. ?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman sig. k^v By her diligence and occupieng of wolle, her house shal lacke nothynge. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Num. iv. D The altare, and their cordes, and all..that belongeth to their occupienge. 1579 S. Gosson Apol. Schoole of Abuse in Ephemerides Phialo f. 89 Iron with muche occupiyng, is worne too naught. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xcv. 579 If I lende him money nowe, it is layde a water, I loose a whole yeares occupying of it. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxiv. ix. 505 Such pottain or old mettall which is overworne, and by ordinarie occupying and using to the hand, bright-shining. 1614 W. Camden Remaines (rev. ed.) 197 And lastely golde as more cleane..not lessened by occupying. 4. The action of having sexual intercourse or relations; use or employment for sexual gratification; an act of sexual intercourse. archaic in later use. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse ymonec950 moneOE meanc1175 manredc1275 swivinga1300 couplec1320 companyc1330 fellowred1340 the service of Venusc1350 miskissinga1387 fellowshipc1390 meddlinga1398 carnal knowinga1400 flesha1400 knowledgea1400 knowledginga1400 japec1400 commoning?c1425 commixtionc1429 itc1440 communicationc1450 couplingc1475 mellingc1480 carnality1483 copulation1483 mixturea1500 Venus act?1507 Venus exercise?1507 Venus play?1507 Venus work?1507 conversation?c1510 flesh-company1522 act?1532 carnal knowledge1532 occupying?1544 congression1546 soil1555 conjunction1567 fucking1568 rem in re1568 commixture1573 coiture1574 shaking of the sheets?1577 cohabitation1579 bedding1589 congress1589 union1598 embrace1599 making-outa1601 rutting1600 noddy1602 poop-noddy1606 conversinga1610 carnal confederacy1610 wapping1610 businessa1612 coition1615 doinga1616 amation1623 commerce1624 hot cocklesa1627 other thing1628 buck1632 act of love1638 commistion1658 subagitation1658 cuntc1664 coit1671 intimacy1676 the last favour1676 quiffing1686 old hat1697 correspondence1698 frigging1708 Moll Peatley1711 coitus1713 sexual intercourse1753 shagging1772 connection1791 intercourse1803 interunion1822 greens1846 tail1846 copula1864 poking1864 fuckeea1866 sex relation1871 wantonizing1884 belly-flopping1893 twatting1893 jelly roll1895 mattress-jig1896 sex1900 screwing1904 jazz1918 zig-zig1918 other1922 booty1926 pigmeat1926 jazzing1927 poontang1927 relations1927 whoopee1928 nookie1930 hump1931 jig-a-jig1932 homework1933 quickie1933 nasty1934 jig-jig1935 crumpet1936 pussy1937 Sir Berkeley1937 pom-pom1945 poon1947 charvering1954 mollocking1959 leg1967 rumpy-pumpy1968 shafting1971 home plate1972 pata-pata1977 bonking1985 legover1985 knobbing1986 rumpo1986 fanny1993 ?1544 J. Bale Epist. Exhortatorye 22 b From the fylthy occupying of an harlot he cometh strayght to the Aultre. 1562 H. Machyn Diary (1848) 295 Dyd ryd a woman thrugh London..for baldre, or okuwpyng of here owne gayre. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Trentuno,..an occupying of one and thirtie times to such a colmon hedge whore or ouer-ridden iade, as we say in England a pumping of a common whore. 1969 D. S. Thomas tr. M. Millot in Long Time Burning 362 Occupying is to stick a prick into a cunt and wriggle your arse 'till you spend. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). occupyingadj. Brit. /ˈɒkjᵿpʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈɑkjəˌpaɪɪŋ/ Forms: see occupy v. and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: occupy v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < occupy v. + -ing suffix². That occupies something or somewhere. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > occupying occupying1552 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Occupyinge, occupans. c1659 C. Cotton Valiant Knight 114 I doe designe T'ore top the vapours Of all my occupying neighbours. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 141 The occupying tenants have from 15 to 100 acres. 1821 Deb. Congr. U.S. 12 Dec. (1855) I. 24 The Occupying Claimant Law [of Kentucky]..the object of which was the settlement of conflicting land claims. 1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career III. i. 24 Our occupying-party was in readiness in the trenches. 1887 Spectator 16 Apr. 532/1 The extinction of great landlords and the creation of occupying owners. 1941 Times 16 July 3/1 The occupation of the principal localities in Syria and the Lebanon will be undertaken in accordance with the programme which will allow immediate replacement of French by the occupying forces. 1992 Weekly Law Rep. 21 Aug. 469 An agreement between the lessor and the occupying assignee of the lease. 1995 Economist 4 Feb. 64/3 Some members of the taliban are trained fighters, having fought with the mujahideen in the 1980's against the occupying Soviet army. Compounds occupying power n. a state whose army occupies (part of) a foreign country. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful state or nation > types of ocean power1713 colonial power1801 sea power1849 occupying power1866 superpower1911 1866 H. Wheaton Elements Internat. Law (ed. 8) iv. 347 Belligerent occupation implies a firm possession, so that the occupying power can execute its will either by force or by acquiescence of the people. 1959 Observer 22 Mar. 1/2 Nuclear weapons..would be in the hands of the occupying Powers and never pass into German control. 1975 J. Cleary Safe House i. 26 The need to show the Occupying Powers that..they were not going to favour Nazis and ex-Nazis. 1981 S. Ackroyd & J. A. Hughes Data Coll. in Context iii. 31 [The census] undertaken by Augustus Caesar, which affected the..birth of Christ, and the Domesday survey compiled at the instigation of William I..were attempts by an occupying power to extend its control over a subject population. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400adj.1552
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