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Nuncupative; oral.

Same as Nupson. [Obs.]

A genus of plants found in the fresh-water ponds or lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America; the yellow water lily. Cf. Nymphaea.

A simpleton; a fool. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Of or pertaining to marriage; done or used at a wedding; as, nuptial rites and ceremonies. Then, all in heat, They light the nuptial torch. Milton.

See Stupefaction. [Obs.] Howell.

Stupefactive. [Obs.]

See Stupefy. [Obs.]

The act of taking or holding possession; possession; occupation. Title by occupancy (Law), a right of property acquired by taking the first possession of a thing, or possession of a thing which belonged to nobody, and appropriating it. Blackstone. Kent.

One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing.

To occupy. [Obs.] Bacon.

The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant.

One who occupies, or has possession.

To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess. Woe occupieth the fine [/end] of our gladness. Chaucer. The better apartments were already occupied. W. Irving .

Eightfold.

A fairy; a goblin; an elf. [Obs.] "Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies." Shak.

Elfish. [Obs.]

Overscrupulousness.

Scrupulous to excess.

The quality or state of being overscrupulous; excess of scrupulousness.