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Literary notes about Occupy (AI summary)

The term "occupy" in literature serves both a literal and metaphorical role, capturing a spectrum of meanings. On one level, it denotes physical positioning—whether describing anatomical features that occupy specific regions ([1]), geographical entities that take up space in nature or history ([2], [3], [4]), or objects arranged within a defined area ([5], [6]). In a more abstract sense, it conveys the act of engaging or preoccupying the mind, as characters find thoughts, roles, or even time itself filled or commandeered ([7], [8], [9]). This dual usage allows authors to fluidly transition between concrete spatial descriptions and the more elusive realms of mental or social occupation ([10], [11], [12]), thereby enriching the narrative texture and broadening the word’s expressive potential.
  1. The small intestines, S S*, covered by the omentum, P*, occupy the hypogastric and iliac regions.
    — from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
  2. 3118 Leiria is supposed to occupy its site.
    — from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
  3. The Pisidæ 3865 , formerly called the Solymi, occupy the higher parts of the mountains.
    — from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny
  4. November 19th.—French occupy Brunn, and Napoleon establishes his headquarters at Wischau.
    — from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I
  5. The time of Action includes Six Days, and the transactions of each Day occupy a Canto.
    — from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott
  6. So far you have only been pegging out the ground it is going to occupy.
    — from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed
  7. “By ten o’clock I found that I had very little to occupy my immediate attention.
    — from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe
  8. This question will occupy us in the present chapter.
    — from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell
  9. From breakfast to lunch, Mr. Fairlie's drawings will occupy you.
    — from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
  10. Come and inquire if the position you now occupy is one appointed by wisdom, and designed to secure the best interests of the human race.
    — from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I
  11. He might occupy the place of a prince.' 2.
    — from The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) by Confucius
  12. With which inquiry he turned his face away, and seemed to occupy himself in an attempt to fall asleep.
    — from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

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