"forebusy" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: forbusies [present, singular, third-person], forebusying [participle, present], forebusied [participle, past], forebusied [past]
Etymology: From Old English forebiseġian, forebisġian, equivalent to fore- + busy. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|forebiseġian}} Old English forebiseġian, {{m|ang|forebisġian}} forebisġian, {{prefix|en|fore|busy}} fore- + busy Head templates: {{en-verb|forbusies|forebusying|forebusied}} forebusy (third-person singular simple present forbusies, present participle forebusying, simple past and past participle forebusied)
  1. (rare, nonstandard, transitive) To busy beforehand; preoccupy. Tags: nonstandard, rare, transitive
    Sense id: en-forebusy-en-verb-ppeCH3wA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with fore-

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