to occupy oneself
1occupy oneself with — index address (direct attention to), commit (perpetrate), devote, notice (observe), ply …
2occupy oneself — {v. phr.} To make oneself busy with. * /Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection./ …
3occupy oneself — {v. phr.} To make oneself busy with. * /Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection./ …
4occupy\ oneself — v. phr. To make oneself busy with. Having retired from business, he now occupies himself with his stamp collection …
5occupy — 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 …
6occupy — [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… …
7occupy — 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 …
8occupy — 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.)… …
9concern oneself — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. be concerned, become involved, occupy oneself; see bother 1 , care 1 , worry 2 …
10address oneself to — index call (appeal to), endeavor, occupy (engage), specialize, undertake Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …