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Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.

Free :: Free (superl.) Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power..

Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..

Absorbedly :: Absorbedly (adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.

Preoccupy :: Preoccupy (v. t.) To prepossess; to engage, occupy, or engross the attention of, beforehand; hence, to prejudice..

Engrossment :: Engrossment (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment..

Disengage :: Disengage (v. t.) To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study..

Engrossment :: Engrossment (n.) The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed..

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office..

Chirographer :: Chirographer (n.) One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity..

Engrossing :: Engrossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Engros.

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment..

Engrosser :: Engrosser (n.) One who copies a writing in large, fair characters..

Immerse :: Immerse (v. t.) To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.

Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..

Rapt :: Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation..

Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To amass.

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