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busies

verb as in immerse

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Every one, however, busies himself about things quite foreign to the work of the office.

He busies himself throughout twelve books in teaching his students how to use all possible means to persuasion.

Zoséphine busies herself with her riding-skirt, shifts her seat a little, and with studied carelessness assents.

We needed a word for the individual who busies himself with, or drives an automobile, and so we have adapted the word chauffeur.

In fact, he often has to leave the machine for a short time to look after itself while he busies himself with the gun.

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On this page you'll find 156 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to busies, such as: attend, employ, fill, involve, take up, and absorb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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