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English Dictionary: engulfing by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Engulf \En*gulf"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engulfed}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Engulfing}.] [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf.
      {Ingulf}.]
      To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
  
               It quite engulfs all human thought.         --Young.
  
      Syn: See {Absorb}.
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