different between devote vs occupy
devote
English
Etymology
From Latin d?v?tus, past participle of Latin d?vove? (“dedicate by a vow, sacrifice oneself, promise solemnly”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d??vo?t/
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??v??t/
- Rhymes: -??t
Verb
devote (third-person singular simple present devotes, present participle devoting, simple past and past participle devoted)
- to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter
- 1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son
- He is the Chief of this far Countrey; and to his service, carnal and wicked men devote themselves.
- 1879, Asa Gray, Botanical Text-book
- a leafless and simple branch […] devoted to the purpose of climbing
- 1678, Obadiah Grew, Meditations Upon Our Saviour's Parable of The Prodigal Son
- to consign over; to doom
- to execrate; to curse
Usage notes
- Often used in the past participle form, which has become an adjective. See devoted.
Derived terms
- devotion
Related terms
- devotee
Translations
Adjective
devote (comparative more devote, superlative most devote)
- (obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout
Anagrams
- vetoed
Dutch
Pronunciation
Adjective
devote
- Inflected form of devoot
German
Adjective
devote
- inflection of devot:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
devote
- feminine plural of devoto
Noun
devote f
- plural of devota
Anagrams
- dovete
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /de??u?o?.te/, [d?e??u?o?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /de?vo.te/, [d???v??t??]
Participle
d?v?te
- vocative masculine singular of d?v?tus
References
- devote in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- devote in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
devote
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of devotar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of devotar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of devotar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of devotar
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occupy
English
Etymology
From Middle English occupien, occupyen, borrowed from Old French occuper, from Latin occup?re (“to take possession of, seize, occupy, take up, employ”), from ob (“to, on”) + capi? (“to take”). Doublet of occupate, now obsolete.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??kj?pa?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??kj?pa?/
- Hyphenation: oc?cu?py
Verb
occupy (third-person singular simple present occupies, present participle occupying, simple past and past participle occupied)
- (transitive, of time) To take or use.
- To fill.
- To possess or use the time or capacity of; to engage the service of.
- To fill or hold (an official position or role).
- To hold the attention of.
- To fill.
- (transitive) To take or use space.
- To fill space.
- To live or reside in.
- The better apartments were already occupied.
- (military) To have, or to have taken, possession or control of (a territory).
- 1940, in The China monthly review, volumes 94-95, page 370 [1]:
- The Japanese can occupy but cannot hold, and what they can hold they cannot hold long, was the opinion of General Pai Chung-hsi, Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army, […]
- 1975, Esmé Cecil Wingfield-Stratford, King Charles and King Pym, 1637-1643, page 330 [2]:
- Rupert, with his usual untamable energy, was scouring the country — but at first in the wrong direction, that of Aylesbury, another keypoint in the outer ring of Oxford defences, which he occupied but could not hold.
- 1983, Arthur Keppel-Jones, Rhodes and Rhodesia: The White Conquest of Zimbabwe, 1884-1902, page 462:
- One of the rebel marksmen, who had taken up position on a boulder, was knocked off it by the recoil of his weapon every time he fired. Again the attack achieved nothing. Positions were occupied, but could not be held.
- 1991, Werner Spies, John William Gabriel, Max Ernst collages: the invention of the surrealist universe, page 333:
- Germany occupied France for three years while France struggled to make payments that were a condition of surrender.
- 2006, John Michael Francis, Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, page 496:
- Spain occupied, but could not populate, and its failure to expand Florida led Britain to consider the peninsula a logical extension of its colonial holdings.
- 1940, in The China monthly review, volumes 94-95, page 370 [1]:
- (surveying) To place the theodolite or total station at (a point).
- To fill space.
- (transitive, obsolete) To have sexual intercourse with.
- 1590s, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, II.iv
- God's light, these villains will make the word as odious as the word 'occupy;' which was an excellent good word before it was ill sorted
- 1867, Robert Nares A Glossary
- OCCUPY, [sensu obsc.] To possess, or enjoy.
- These villains will make the word captain, as odious as the word occupy. 2 Hen. IV, ii, 4.
- Groyne, come of age, his state sold out of hand
- For 's whore; Groyne still doth occupy his land. B. Jons. Epigr., 117.
- Many, out of their own obscene apprehensions, refuse proper and fit words, as occupy, nature, and the like. Ibid., Discoveries, vol. vii, p. 119.
- It is so used also in Rowley's New Wonder, Anc. Dr., v, 278.
- OCCUPY, [sensu obsc.] To possess, or enjoy.
- 1590s, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2, II.iv
- (obsolete) To do business in; to busy oneself with.
- All the ships of the sea, with their mariners, were in thee to occupy the merchandise.
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516
- not able to occupy their old crafts
- (obsolete) To use; to expend; to make use of.
- all the gold that was occupied for the work
- 1551, Ralph Robinson (tr.), Sir Thomas More's Utopia (in Latin), 1516
- They occupy not money themselves.
Conjugation
Synonyms
- (to possess or use the time or capacity of): employ, busy
- (to have sexual intercourse with): coitize, go to bed with, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
Derived terms
- occupier
Related terms
- occupant
- occupation
Translations
See also
- Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year
References
- occupy at OneLook Dictionary Search
- occupy in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- occupy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- occupy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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