occupy+oneself

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• occupy oneself with — index address (direct attention to), commit (perpetrate), devote, notice (observe), ply …   Law dictionary

• occupy oneself — {v. phr.} To make oneself busy with. * /Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• occupy oneself — {v. phr.} To make oneself busy with. * /Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• occupy\ oneself — v. phr. To make oneself busy with. Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection …   Словарь американских идиом

• occupy — I (engage) verb absorb, absorb the attention, absorb the mind, absorb the thoughts, address oneself to, amuse, apply oneself to, apply the attention to, apply the mind to, arrest the attention, attract the attention, attract the mind, attract the …   Law dictionary

• occupy — [äk′yo͞o pī΄, äk′yəpī΄] vt. occupied, occupying [ME occupien < OFr occuper < L occupare, to take possession of, possess < ob (see OB ) + capere, to seize: see HAVE] 1. to take possession of by settlement or seizure 2. to hold possession… …   English World dictionary

• occupy — v 1. fill, fill up, permeate, pervade, cover, take up. 2. engage, employ, use, busy; interest, beguile, arrest, absorb, engross, preoccupy, concern, be on one s mind, absorb one s thoughts; entertain, divert, amuse; hold, secure, tie up, tie down …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• occupy — v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 reside in; be the tenant of. 2 take up or fill (space or time or a place). 3 hold (a position or office). 4 take military possession of (a country, region, town, strategic position). 5 place oneself in (a building etc.)… …   Useful english dictionary

• concern oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be concerned, become involved, occupy oneself; see bother 1 , care 1 , worry 2 …   English dictionary for students

• address oneself to — index call (appeal to), endeavor, occupy (engage), specialize, undertake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

• apply oneself to — index address (direct attention to), commit (perpetrate), endeavor, occupy (engage), undertake …   Law dictionary