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engross'd

engross'd is the archaic form of engrossed.

Meaning of engrossed

Adjective

engrossed (comparative more engrossed, superlative most engrossed)

  1. Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.
    • The children were engrossed by the story.
  2. Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)

Questions about engross'd

What is engross'd the archaic form of?
Engross'd is the archaic form of engrossed.

Words near engross'd in the dictionary

  1. engroove
  2. engrooved
  3. engrooves
  4. engrooving
  5. engross
  6. engross'd
  7. engrosse
  8. engrossed
  9. engrossed amendment
  10. engrossed amendments
  11. engrosser

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Adapted from Wiktionary: engross'd (page history and authors); engrossed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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