engrossed

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛn.ˈɡɹoʊst/
  • Rhymes: -oʊst

Verb

engrossed

  1. simple past and past participle of engross

Adjective

engrossed (comparative more engrossed, superlative most engrossed)

  1. 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.
  2. (of a document) Finalized, written in large letters.

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