Both Uses of
engrossed
in
The Age of Innocence
- Beaufort must have been very engrossing.†
Chpt 9 *
- But his eminence as a valetudinarian now made him an object of engrossing interest, and Mrs. Mingott issued an imperial summons to him to come and compare diets as soon as his temperature permitted; for old Catherine was now the first to recognise that one could not be too careful about temperatures.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(engrossed as in: engrossed in the book) with all attention focused