steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to; “He immersed himself into his studies”
engulf
(verb) flow over or cover completely; “The bright light engulfed him completely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
engulf (third-person singular simple present engulfs, present participle engulfing, simple past and past participle engulfed)
(transitive) To overwhelm.
(transitive) To surround; to cover.
(transitive) To cast into a gulf.
Source: Wiktionary
En*gulf", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.] Etym: [Pref. en- + gulf: cf. OF. engolfer. Cf. Ingulf.]
Definition: To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf. It quite engulfs all human thought. Young.
Syn.
– See Absorb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
