Antonyms for re-occupied

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ok-yuh-pahy

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yəˌpaɪ

Definition of re-occupied

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

Example sentences :

He had from thence, accompanied by them, gone to Shetland, where he had re-occupied his farm.
Extract from : « Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships » by W.H.G. Kingston

We reached Hammerfest on the last day of July, and re-occupied our old quarters.
Extract from : « Northern Travel » by Bayard Taylor

In places the old valleys were left to be re-occupied by the rivers.
Extract from : « History of Linn County Iowa » by Luther A. Brewer

The Muhammedans re-occupied it, and remain there to this day.
Extract from : « Historical Miniatures » by August Strindberg

It may be re-occupied soon on account of the discoveries of gold and copper in the region.
Extract from : « The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company » by George Bryce

The cawing of the rooks in February shows that the time is coming when their nests will be re-occupied.
Extract from : « The Open Air » by Richard Jefferies

In that year Ngati-Whatua began to return to the Isthmus, but none of the old hill forts were re-occupied.
Extract from : « The City of Auckland » by John Barr

It was abandoned at the close of the Revolution, but was re-occupied for a short time by American troops in 1801.
Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various

At the same time another Russian horde, under Romanzow, re-occupied Pomerania.
Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. » by E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

Thus after five months of fighting and running, the Army of Tennessee re-occupied Dalton.
Extract from : « Life in Dixie during the War » by Mary A. H. Gay

Synonyms for re-occupied

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