The Only Use
engrossed
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
(Edited)
- I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you.
p. 49.1engrosses = absorbs all attention from
Definitions:
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(1)
(engrossed as in: engrossed in the book) with all attention focused
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)