forebusy

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verb

To busy beforehand; preoccupy.

OriginOld English forebiseġian →
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Meanings

verbforebusy (third-person singular simple present forebusies, present participle forebusying, simple past and past participle forebusied)

present singular third person forebusies · participle present forebusying · participle past forebusied · past forebusied

  1. nonstandardraretransitiveTo busy beforehand; preoccupy.

    Or who might be forebusied, and onbeloaded with work?

    2011, David Cowley, How We'd Talk If The English Had Won in 1066
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    Springs up to know all life, the secrets learn / Of science and time's truths arcane; projects / Evil would fulfil, that thus forebusied, soul, / All virtue of self-ascription to its Lord Might lose.

    1877, Philip James Bailey, Festus

Origin

  1. Old Englishforebiseġian
  2. Englishforebusy

From Old English forebiseġian, forebisġian, equivalent to fore- + busy.

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APA

forebusy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebusy

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“forebusy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebusy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forebusy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebusy.

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