absorbed, ppl. a.
(əbˈsɔːbd)
[f. absorb + -ed.]
lit. Swallowed up; imbibed. fig. Engrossed or entirely occupied.
| 1763 H. Walpole Corresp. (1837) II. 198 Monsieur de Nivernois had been absorbed all day..translating my verses. 1862 Lond. Rev. 23 Aug. 156 Large sums are paid..to the officers of the absorbed company. 1865 Dickens Mut. Fr. i. 2 He eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention. 1871 B. Stewart Heat Introd., The laws which regulate the distribution of absorbed heat. 1876 Freeman Norm. Conq. II. x. 518 Absorbed in his own meditations. |