vbl. sb. and ppl. a. [f. BUSY v. + -ING.] A. vbl. sb. The action of the verb BUSY. B. ppl. a. That makes busy.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., XIV. ii. (1495), 215 a/2. Þt besyeng and Inclynacon of partyes.

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1656.  S. H., Gold. Law, 58. A world of other busying performances.

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