What does busying mean?
Busying means present participle and gerund of busy.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of busy.
All of you have some business or other to do in the world. Are not your thoughts, and talkings, and busyings, and anxieties, and cares, altogether about the business you have to do?
And as other dreams come from the multitude of business, so from such like busyings of the mind, we shall pray but dreamingly and distemperedly.
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Busying means present participle and gerund of busy.
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All of you have some business or other to do in the world. Are not your thoughts, and talkings, and busyings, and anxieties, and cares, altogether about the business you have to do?
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