Busy
Busy (biz"zy) , adjective
[Old English busi, bisi, Anglo-Saxon bysig; akin to Dutch bezig, LG. besig; compare Sanskrit 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.
2.
Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Busy hammers closing rivets up.
Religious motives... are so busy in the heart.
3.
Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.
To-morrow is a busy day.
4.
Officious; meddling; foolish active.
On meddling monkey, or on busy ape.
5.
Careful; anxious. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Busy (biz"zy) , transitive verb
[Anglo-Saxon 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.