engrossed

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɡɹoʊst/

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• Rhymes: -əʊst

engrossed

1. simple past and past participle of engross

engrossed (comparative more engrossed, superlative most engrossed)

1. Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

   The children were engrossed by the story.

   • 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.

   • 2026 January 3, Melissa Heikkilä, “Lunch with the FT: Yann LeCun”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:

     [Yann] LeCun's in a jovial mood, and I find myself engrossed in his colorful stories about the early years of AI research.

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

• grossened