Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Occupy

Oc″cu‐py (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Occupied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Occupying (?).] [OE. occupien, F. occuper, fr.L. occupare; ob (see Ob-) + a word akin to capere to take. See Capaci...

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Occupy (2)

Oc″cu‐py, v. i. 1. To hold possession; to be an occupant. “Occupy till I come.” Luke xix. 13.2. To follow business; to traffic.

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Occur

Oc‐cur″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Occurred(?); p. pr. & vb. n.Occurring (?).] [L. occurrere, occursum; ob (see Ob-) + currere to run. See Course.] 1. To meet; to clash.The resista...

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Occurrence

Oc‐cur″rence (?), n. [Cf. F. occurrence. See Occur.] 1. A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.Voyages detain the mind by the perpetual occurrence and e...

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Occurrent

Oc‐cur″rent (?), a. [L. occurrens, -entis, p. pr. of occurrere: cf. F. occurrent. See Occur.] Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Occurrent (2)

Oc‐cur″rent (?), n. 1. One who meets; hence, an adversary. Holland.2. Anything that happens; an occurrence.These we must meet with in obvious occurrents of the world. Sir T. Bro...

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Occurse

Oc‐curse″ (?), n. [L. occursus.] Same as Occursion. Bentley.

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Occursion

Oc‐cur″sion (?), n. [L. occursio. See Occur.] A meeting; a clash; a collision. Boyle.

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Ocean

O″cean (ō″shan), n. [F. océan, L. oceanus, Gr. ωκεανὄσ ocean, in Homer, the great river supposed to encompass the earth.] 1. The whole body of salt water which covers more than ...

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Ocean (2)

O″cean (ō″shan), a. Of or pertaining to the main or great sea; as, the ocean waves; an ocean stream. Milton.

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Oceanic

O′ce‐an″ic (ō′shē̍‐ăn″ĭk), a. [Cf. F. océanique. See Ocean.] 1. Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, esp...

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Oceanography

O′cean‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Ocean + -graphy.] A description of the ocean.

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Oceanology

O′cean‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Ocean + -logy.] That branch of science which relates to the ocean.

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Oceanus

‖O‐ce″a‐nus (?), n.(Gr.Myth.) The god of the great outer sea, or the river which was believed to flow around the whole earth.

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Ocellary

O‐cel″la‐ry (?), a. Of or pertaining to ocelli.

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Ocellate

O‐cel″late (?), a. Same as Ocellated.

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Ocellated

O‐cel″la‐ted (?), a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little eye, dim. of oculus an eye.] 1. Resembling an eye.2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated blenny.Ocella...

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Ocellus

‖O‐cel″lus (?), n.; pl.Ocelli (#). [L., dim. of oculus an eye.] (Zoöl.) (a) A little eye; a minute simple eye found in many invertebrates. (b) An eyelike spot of color, as those...

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Oceloid

O″ce‐loid (?), a. [Ocelot + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the ocelot.

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Ocelot

O″ce‐lot (?), n. [Mexican ocelotl.] (Zoöl.) An American feline carnivore (Felis pardalis). It ranges from the Southwestern United States to Patagonia. It is covered with blackis...

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Ocher

{ O″cher, O″chre } (?), n. [F. ocre, L. ochra, fr. Gr. �, from (�) pale, pale yellow.] (Min.) (a) A impure earthy ore of iron or a ferruginous clay, usually red (hematite) or ye...

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Ocherous

{ O″cher‐ous, O″chre‐ous } (?), a. [Cf. F. ocreux.] Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil.

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Ochery

O″cher‐y (?), a. Ocherous. [Written also ochrey, ochry.]

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Ochimy

Och′i‐my (?), n. See Occamy.

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Ochlesis

‖Och‐le″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � disturbance, fr. ὄχλοσ crowd, mob.] (Med.) A general morbid condition induced by the crowding together of many persons, esp. sick persons, un...

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Ochlocracy

Och‐loc″ra‐cy (?), n. [Gr. �; ὄχλοσ the populace, multitude + κρατει̑ν to be strong, to rule, κράτοσ strength: cf. F. ochlocratie.] A form of government by the multitude; a mobo...

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Ochlocratic

{ Och′lo‐crat′ic (?), Och′lo‐crat′ic‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to ochlocracy; having the form or character of an ochlocracy; mobocratic.— Och′lo‐crat″ic‐al‐ly, adv.