Bus"y (b&ibreve;z"z&ybreve;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied (b&ibreve;z"z&ibreve;d); p. pr. & vb. n.
Busying.]
[AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to
employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as,
to busy one's self with books.
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
With foreign quarrels.
Shak.
Bus"y (b&ibreve;z"z&ybreve;), a. [OE.
busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D.
bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bhūsh to be active,
busy.]
1. Engaged in some business; hard at work
(either habitually or only for the
time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor
at leisure; as, a busy
merchant.
Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come.
Shak.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Busy hammers closing rivets up.
Shak.
Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
Addison.
3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a
busy street.
To-morrow is a busy
day.
Shak.
4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.
On meddling monkey, or on
busy ape.
Shak.
5. Careful; anxious.
[Obs.] Chaucer.
Syn. -- Diligent; industrious;
assiduous; active;
occupied; engaged.
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