† embusyv.

Forms: α. Middle English–1500s enbesy, 1500s embesy, enbusy, enbusie, 1500s–1600s embusie, embusy. β. 1500s–1600s imbusy.

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + busy adj.

Obsolete.

transitive. To render busy, occupy assiduously; to give care or anxiety to. Chiefly reflexive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)]

busyeOE

busyOE

occupya1325

exercisec1384

employ1477

embusy1485

to hold (also keep) in play1548

exerce1584

engage1648

to tie up1887

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious about [verb (transitive)] > make anxious

carkc1330

vex?a1425

solicita1450

embusy1485

to lie heavy at or to one's hearta1616

to weird out1970

to stress out1983

1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. sig. Bv To occupye and enbesy hym in thre thynges.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Piii^v Inbusy nat thyselfe.

1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. l. 379 The heads and senses of our people have been imbusied..with the understanding of Free Will.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 569 Nor hawking, nor gardines..can much embusie..me.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 516/1 The Earle of Pembroke..wholie embusied in the enterprise of Britaine.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 104 Not imbusied with..Soul-disturbing Perturbations.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	embusy
释义	† embusyv. Forms: α. Middle English–1500s enbesy, 1500s embesy, enbusy, enbusie, 1500s–1600s embusie, embusy. β. 1500s–1600s imbusy. Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + busy adj. Obsolete. transitive. To render busy, occupy assiduously; to give care or anxiety to. Chiefly reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > occupy or engage (a person) [verb (transitive)] busyeOE busyOE occupya1325 exercisec1384 employ1477 embusy1485 to hold (also keep) in play1548 exerce1584 engage1648 to tie up1887 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > be anxious about [verb (transitive)] > make anxious carkc1330 vex?a1425 solicita1450 embusy1485 to lie heavy at or to one's hearta1616 to weird out1970 to stress out1983 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. sig. Bv To occupye and enbesy hym in thre thynges. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Piii^v Inbusy nat thyselfe. 1543 Necessary Doctr. Christen Man in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. l. 379 The heads and senses of our people have been imbusied..with the understanding of Free Will. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. ix. 569 Nor hawking, nor gardines..can much embusie..me. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 516/1 The Earle of Pembroke..wholie embusied in the enterprise of Britaine. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xiii. 104 Not imbusied with..Soul-disturbing Perturbations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1485
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