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Definition of Busied
1. busy [v] - See also: busy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busied
Literary usage of Busied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs, from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"... the master of the ship who caried over the lord Grey, is bailed, and so is
young Braddon, who busied himself in the murther of the late earl of Essex. ..."
2. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"It was now a time of much talk, and people too much busied their minds, and spent
their time, in hearing and telling news. To shew them the vanity thereof, ..."
3. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"George Buchanan to -Mr. Thomas Randolph; jeering him upon his second Marriage.
busied on the Story of Scotland. ..."
4. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"This lawlessness was, however, rapidly suppressed; and the people soon returned
to the sites of their former houses, and busied themselves in drying their ..."
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