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engrossed
- simple past and past participle of engross
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engrossed (comparative more engrossed, superlative most engrossed)
- Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. , volume I, London: Richard Bentley, , (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 258:The large, soft dark eyes were raised, but seemed rather engrossed by their own feelings—(thoughts are scarcely tender enough for such a look)—than fixed upon any surrounding object.
- Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)
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