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The answer ENGROSSING has 3 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of engrossing in various dictionaries:
verb - devote (oneself) fully to
verb - consume all of one's attention or time
adj - capable of arousing and holding the attention
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Possible Crossword Clues |
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Absorbing song singer revised |
Absorbing the attention |
Song-singer's presentation found quite absorbing |
Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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Oct 8 2005 The Times - Concise |
Apr 24 2004 The Times - Cryptic |
Jun 28 2002 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
Possible Dictionary Clues |
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Occupying one's complete attention wholly absorbing: listened to an engrossing symphony. |
absorb all the attention or interest of. |
capable of arousing and holding the attention |
Absorbing all one's attention or interest. |
very interesting and needing all your attention: |
taking all your attention very interesting: |
Engrossing might be related to |
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Engrossing, forestalling and regrating were marketing offences in English common law. The terms were used to describe unacceptable methods of influencing the market, sometimes by creating a local monopoly for a certain good, usually food. The terms were often used together, and with overlapping meanings. They are obsolete. * Blackstone’s Commentaries described them as offences against public trade: * forestalling - the buying or contracting for any merchandise or victual coming in the way of the market; or dissuading persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or persuading them to enhance the price, when there; any of which practices make the market dearer to the fair trader. * regrating - the buying of corn or other dead victual, in any market, and selling it again at the same market, or within four miles of the place. For this also enhances the prices of the provisions, as every successive seller must have a successive profit. * engrossing - the getting into one’s possession, or |