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simple past and past participle of engross examples
comparative more engrossed, superlative most engrossed
Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else. quotations examples
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.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), page 258
Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document) examples