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I believe that filled with people is a definition of busy. I could be wrong, but if not, I'd like someone to add it. {{unsigned|Warr40|2010-01-15T23:11:23}}
* {{done}}: Adjective sense 1. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">[[User:ExcarnateSojourner|excarnateSojourner]] ([[User talk:ExcarnateSojourner|ta]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/ExcarnateSojourner|co]])</span> 19:28, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

== [[Wiktionary:Requests for moves, mergers and splits|RFM]] discussion: July 2018–December 2023 ==

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The two verb senses are bad IMHO. The first should be at [[busy oneself]], I think, since it is always reflexive AFAIK. The second one doesn't sound right at all -- "He busied her" isn't something I've heard. Is that real at all? [[Special:Contributions/69.255.250.219|69.255.250.219]] 02:36, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

:<s>Support the move of verb sense 1 to ''[[busy oneself]]''.</s> Send verb sense 2 to [[WT:RFV|RFV]]. - [[User:ExcarnateSojourner|excarnateSojourner]] ([[User talk:ExcarnateSojourner|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/ExcarnateSojourner|contrib]]) 05:46, 29 October 2021 (UTC)
:* '''Keep''' and label verb sense 1 per [[User:Al-Muqanna|Al-Muqanna]] below. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">[[User:ExcarnateSojourner|excarnateSojourner]] ([[User talk:ExcarnateSojourner|ta]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/ExcarnateSojourner|co]])</span> 19:15, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
:It's not purely reflexive, so I '''oppose''' the move for sense 1. Examples: "I will {{...}} busy him with my affairs till he forgets his own" [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bmNODwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1654]; "And what has been busying you?" [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_uYng2YvMcMC&pg=PA147]; "{{...}} he busied you with other chores" [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=84vD69aw4jkC&pg=PA190]. Rarer than I thought, since I've heard e.g. "sorry for busying you" in real life, but it's a thing. Sense 2 I'm unfamiliar with. —[[User:Al-Muqanna|Al-Muqanna]] المقنع ([[User talk:Al-Muqanna|talk]]) 23:51, 2 December 2022 (UTC)
::[[[[busy oneself]]]] might be a good hard redirect to the appropriate sense of ''busy'', which would benefit from {{temp|lb|en|usually reflexive}} and corresponding usage examples. [[User:DCDuring|DCDuring]] ([[User talk:DCDuring|talk]]) 14:46, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
:::The sense at [[[[busy]]]] should remain, whether or not there is a separate lemma entry for [[busy oneself]]. [[User:DCDuring|DCDuring]] ([[User talk:DCDuring|talk]]) 14:48, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
::::Redirecting ''busy oneself'' and a label makes sense, agreed. —[[User:Al-Muqanna|Al-Muqanna]] المقنع ([[User talk:Al-Muqanna|talk]]) 16:10, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
::* {{done}}: DCDuring created the redirect and added the label to sense 1 as he suggested and I've [[WT:RFVE#busy|sent sense 2 to RFV]]. &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">[[User:ExcarnateSojourner|excarnateSojourner]] ([[User talk:ExcarnateSojourner|ta]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/ExcarnateSojourner|co]])</span> 19:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
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== [[Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English|RFV]] discussion: December 2023–July 2024 ==

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Rfv-sense (verb): "to rush somebody".
OP at RFM (an IP) said this {{tq|doesn't sound right at all -- "He busied her" isn't something I've heard. Is that real at all?}} &mdash;&nbsp;<span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">[[User:ExcarnateSojourner|excarnateSojourner]] ([[User talk:ExcarnateSojourner|ta]]&middot;[[Special:Contributions/ExcarnateSojourner|co]])</span> 19:38, 11 December 2023 (UTC)

*'''Failed'''+removed [[User:Denazz|Denazz]] ([[User talk:Denazz|talk]]) 22:03, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
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