occupy

To fill up (time or space).

To dwell or reside in (an apartment, for example).

To hold or fill (an office or position).

To seize possession of and maintain control over forcibly or by conquest.

To engage or employ the attention or concentration of.

To take possession of and retain or keep; enter upon the possession and use of; hold and use; especially, to take possession of (a place as a place of residence, or in warfare a town or country) and become established in it.

To take up, as room or space, or attention, interest, etc.; cover or fill; engross: as, to occupy too much space; to occupy the time with reading; to occupy the attention.

To hold, as an office; fill.

To take up and follow as a business or employment; be employed about; ply.

To employ; give occupation to; engage; busy: often used reflexively: as, to occupy one’s self about something.