ppl. a. For forms see BUSY v. [f. BUSY v. + -ED.] Attentively occupied, engaged, actively employed. (The attrib. use is rare; for the use as predicate see BUSY v. 1 c.)
1611. Florio, Affacendato, busied, full of affaires.
1659. Land-Mark betwixt Prince & People, 2. Our … too much busied forefathers.
1669. Woodhead, St. Teresa, II. vii. 55. That the busied Monk was tempted but with one Devil.
