engrossed
adjUS /ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/
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Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
- The children were engrossed by the story.
- 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), →OCLC, page 258:
1 more example
- [Yann] LeCun's in a jovial mood, and I find myself engrossed in his colorful stories about the early years of AI research.2026 January 3, Melissa Heikkilä, “Lunch with the FT: Yann LeCun”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
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Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)
- Derived terms
- engrossed amendment, overengrossed, unengrossed