engross
verb (used with object)
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb.
have engrossed
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present perfectof engross.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The theories of what went on in that house, and about Parsons’ end, have engrossed writers and filmmakers for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2022
The English and the French vessels which come there, have engrossed almost the whole trade of the colony, the Americans not being able to compete with them.
From A Voyage Round the World, Volume I Including Travels in Africa, Asia, Australasia, America, etc., etc., from 1827 to 1832 by James Holman
Perhaps his invisible twin-self was so devoted somewhere to an "Affinity" as to have engrossed the love-capacity of both.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
Miss L'Estrange kept her word, saying but little to those who would fain have engrossed her whole attention--that was given, to Lord Arleigh.
From Wife in Name Only by Charlotte M. Brame
He therefore accomplished in hours that which would have engrossed the energies of other minds for days.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 by
