A.leave one no leisure, keep him employed, Luc.Philops. 14, Hld.2.21:—Pass., to be wholly occupied or engrossed, so as to attend to nothing else, “περί τινα” Luc.Charid.19, cf. Olymp. in Mete. 108.22; τινί ib.107.13; ἀ. ἐπὶ τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς to be absent on foreign service, POxy.71 ii 8 (iv A. D.).
ἀπασχολ-έω ,