Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To employ; keep busy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To employ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, obsolete To
employ ; keep busy.
Etymologies
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From em- + busy.
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Examples
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Londres, "1530:" The right vertuous and excellent prince Thomas, late Duke of Northfolke, hath commanded the studious clerke, Alexandre Barkelay, to embusy hymselfe about this exercyse. "
The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 Sebastian Brant 1489
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