busied
SayBI-zeed/ˈbɪzid/
- 1Simple past and past participle of busy.
He busied himself in the workshop while the guests settled in.
Throughout the long delay, the staff busied themselves with paperwork.
Note
The y of busy turns to i before the ending, so the form is busied, never busyed, for both the past tense and the participle. It usually takes a reflexive pronoun: she busied herself, they had busied themselves with the accounts. Keep it apart from the adjective. Someone who was busy simply had much to do, while someone who busied themselves set about keeping occupied.
busied is a form of busy
busy, verb: To make someone active or occupied, giving them a task to fill their time. Full entry
- Spelling
- busy → busied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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