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41engross — en|gross [ınˈgrəus US ˈgrous] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: engrosser, from French en gros in a mass, by wholesale ] if something engrosses you, it interests you so much that you do not notice anything else ▪ The scene was… …
42Chhinnamasta — For the village of this name in Nepal, see Chhinnamasta, Nepal. Chinnamasta Chhinnamasta, at a Kali Puja Pandal, Kolkata. Devanagari छिन्नमस्ता Affiliation …
43Goddard Broadside — The Goddard Broadside was the second printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence to be distributed by the Second Continental Congress and the first to include the names of the signatories. [ [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi… …
44bill — n 1: a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment; also: the law itself the GI bill ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill /ə ˌprō prē ā shənz /: a bill providing money for government expenses and programs ◇ Appropriations bills originate in the… …
45absorbed — Synonyms and related words: absent, absentminded, absorbed in, abstracted, bemused, buried, buried in, buried in thought, castle building, caught up in, concentrating, contemplating, contemplative, daydreaming, daydreamy, deep, devoted, devoted… …
46occupied — Synonyms and related words: absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, at it, at work, buried in, buried in thought, busy, caught up in, colonized, contemplating, contemplative, devoted, devoted to, empeopled, employed, engaged, engaged in thought,… …
47preoccupied — Synonyms and related words: absent, absentminded, absorbed, absorbed in, abstracted, assiduous, bemused, besotted, blind, buried in, buried in thought, castle building, caught up in, constant, contemplating, contemplative, continuing, daydreaming …
48preoccupied — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inattentive, prepossessed, distracted; absorbed, engrossed, in a brown study (inf.). See inattention. Ant., attentive. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distracted, absorbed, engrossed; see absent minded …
49rapt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ecstatic, enraptured, transported; absorbed, engrossed. See attention, thought, feeling. Ant., unmoved, uninterested. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Enraptured] Syn. transported, entranced, enchanted,… …
50monopolize — monopolize, engross, absorb, consume mean to take up completely. Monopolize, the general term, means to pos sess or control exclusively {monopolize the year s crop of cotton} {a child should not be allowed to monopolize the attention of his… …
