Synonyms for re-occupy
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ok-yuh-pahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for re-occupy Other synonyms for the word re-occupy
- assume again
- balance
- bring back
- carry on
- catch up
- come back
- compensate
- convert
- go on with
- keep on
- keep up
- make good
- obtain again
- occupy again
- offset
- pick up
- reacquire
- reassume
- recapitulate
- recapture
- recommence
- recondition
- recover
- recruit
- recycle
- redeem
- rediscover
- regenerate
- reinstitute
- remodel
- reoccupy
- replevin
- replevy
- repossess
- restart
- restore
- resume
- retake
- retrieve
- return to
- salvage
- take back
- take up
- win back
Définition of re-occupy
Origin :- mid-14c., "to take possession of," also "to take up space or time, employ (someone)," irregularly borrowed from Old French occuper "occupy (a person or place), hold, seize" (13c.) or directly from Latin occupare "take over, seize, take into possession, possess, occupy," from ob "over" (see ob-) + intensive form of capere "to grasp, seize" (see capable). The final syllable of the English word is difficult to explain, but it is as old as the record; perhaps from a modification made in Anglo-French. During 16c.-17c. a common euphemism for "have sexual intercourse with" (sense attested from early 15c.), which caused it to fall from polite usage.
- "A captaine? Gods light these villaines wil make the word as odious as the word occupy, which was an excellent good worde before it was il sorted." [Doll Tearsheet in "2 Henry IV"]
- Related: Occupied; occupying.
- As in recover : verb find again
- As in resume : verb begin again
- As in reassume : verb resume
- As in reoccupy : verb resume
- As in retake : verb resume
- Then he would come back and re-occupy his old seat among the orchestra, and look paler and sadder than ever.
- Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field
- The Archduke is willing to give a clean and sincere promise not to re-occupy, and asks the same from the States.
- Extract from : « The Life of John of Barneveld, 1614-23, Volume II. » by John Lothrop Motley
- The creed of the Baltimore convention directs the party to re-annex Texas and to re-occupy Oregon.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- Hurried orders are despatched to Geary to withdraw his attack, and re-occupy his breastworks.
- Extract from : « The Campaign of Chancellorsville » by Theodore A. Dodge
- Canterac even took the offensive, although he made no effort to re-occupy permanently the coast plain.
- Extract from : « The South American Republics, Part II (of 2) » by Thomas C. Dawson
- I think they must have it much at heart to re-occupy the port of Rhode Island.
- Extract from : « The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. XI » by Various
- We had therefore to let go again, and began to re-occupy ourselves in peering into the night.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott
- How impossible it becomes to realize them when we re-occupy the familiar places!
- Extract from : « Continental Monthly , Vol I, Issue I, January 1862 » by Various
Antonyms for re-occupy
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