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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 .

A cup containing poison.

ecies of Erethizon and related genera, native of America. They are related to the true porcupines, but have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits. The Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) is a well known species. Porcupine ant-eater (Zoöl.), the echidna. -- Porcupine crab (Zoöl.), a large spiny Japanese cr…

The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.

To anticipate; to take before. [Obs.] "Fear preoccupateth it [death]." Bacon.

The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession.

To take possession of before another; as, to preoccupy a country not before held.

Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.

To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the health or strength.

Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the health or strength.

Of or pertaining to recuperation; tending to recovery.

Same as Regenerator.

To occupy again.

road blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug.

See 2d Scup.

and bulwarks of a ship, so that water falling on deck may flow overboard; -- called also scupper hole.

An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated.