Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: occupy – ode
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occupy (occupied, occupies, -ing), v. [OFr < L. 'to seize, take possession of, take up, occupy, invest, employ'.]
- Seize.
- Possess.
- Inhabit; live in.
- Busy oneself.
occur (-ed, -s), v. [L. occurrere, to run to meet, run against, befall, present itself.]
- Appear; come.
- Meet; assemble.
- Happen.
ocean (-s, -'s), n. [Fr. < L.]
- Large body of water.
- [Fig.] Vast space.
- [Fig.] Wave.
o'clock, adv. [OE clucge; see of, prep. and clock, n.]
Of the clock; according to the timepiece [reference to telling time.]
octave (-'s), n. [Fr. < L. 'eighth'.]
An eighth, the most perfect chord in music.
October, proper adj. [see October, proper n.]
Fall; autumn; [fig.] cold; wintry; windy.
October, proper n. [L. octo, 'eight,' formerly the eighth month of Roman year.]
Mid-autumn; fall season; the tenth month of the year; the 31 days between September and November; [fig.] Indian Summer.
odd (-est), adj. [ME, 'third man, odd man'.]
- Uncommon; particular; strange.
- Awkward.
- Opposite.
oddity, n. [see odd, adj.]
Strangeness.
ode, n. [Fr. < L.]
Lyric poem; song.