occupate

English

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Etymology

First attested in 1547; borrowed from Latin occupātus, perfect passive participle of occupō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of occupy

Verb

occupate (third-person singular simple present occupates, present participle occupating, simple past and past participle occupated)

1. (rendered obsolete in the end of 17th century, now nonstandard) To occupy.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     the seats and domiciles which the several faculties of the mind do take and occupate in the organs of the body

2. (obsolete) past participle of occupate, occupied [1605–1805]

Related terms

• preoccupate

References

• “occupate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

occupate

1. inflection of occupare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

occupate f pl

1. feminine plural of occupato

Latin

Participle

occupāte

1. vocative masculine singular of occupātus