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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Busy \Bus"y\ (b[i^]z"z[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied
   (b[i^]z"z[i^]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.
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         Be it thy course to busy giddy minds
         With foreign quarrels.                   --Shak.
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