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misoccupy

verb

Etymology

From mis- + occupy.

  1. derived from *kap-<id:seize>✻
  2. derived from occupō — “to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”
  3. derived from occuper
  4. inherited from occupien
  5. prefixed as misoccupy — “mis + occupy”

Definitions

  1. To occupy with something inappropriate

    To occupy with something inappropriate; to focus or spend on something unworthy.

    • Let them not be idle, or misoccupied.
    • It is not to be misused, like other books full of mad doctrine and chatter which misoccupy your mind with their beggarly pedantry, so grasp this volume of books of finely invented truth and with your eyes open, like dogs hunting for fleas;

  2. To fill with something inappropriate

    To fill with something inappropriate; to provide the wrong contents for.

    • Desert you the misoccupied chair of justice arbitrator, the position that should be occupied by honor and contaminate not the air of heaven with the name of liberty, freedom and justice befouled by your construction.
    • To misoccupy the spaces of shop and church is as self-destructive as avoiding them.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA