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Iceland Fisherman;
• (stoic)- to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb, (
); So engrossed were the three in their scrutiny that Blake's
entrance was unheard. — A Wounded Name;
• (engage)- to occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or persons);
Within minutes his men were fully engaged, and he wondered how the
Anari had borne this pressure all night. — Rachel Lee - Shadows of Destiny;
• (submerge)- to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge; The dead fish
was engulfed, and the shark sank out of sight. — The Coral Island A Tale of
the Pacific Ocean;
soak = douse = dip = drench ~ macerate : bedraggle = draggle : sodden
• (soak)- to lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some
other liquid; The boys were soaked, and chilled, and blue, and dreadfully
homesick. — Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler;
• (douse)- to plunge into water or the like; drench, ( ,
); If you think that I am rudely sending you home I regret that too, but it
must be faced that I have doused all hope of continued revelry. — Murder
By The Book;
• to extinguish, ( );
• (dip)-to plunge briefly into a liquid, as in order to wet, coat, or saturate;
• (drench)- to wet through and through; soak; It was they who were the
disturbers of the peace, and especially Great Britain, who headed the
Coalition which was to drench again the Continent with human blood. —
Drake Nelson and Napoleon;
• (macerate)- to soften or separate into parts by steeping in a liquid,
( ); They fancied they should macerate their body
when their soul was oppressed, that they could excite the pity of the gods. —
The Physiology of Taste;
• (bedraggle)- to make limp and soiled, as with rain or dirt, ( ,
); You tear and bedraggle yourself incessantly. — La
mare au diable. English;
• (draggle)- to become wet and muddy by being dragged; People go by, so
drenched and draggle-tailed that I have often wondered how they found the
heart to undress. — Edinburgh Picturesque Notes;
• (sodden)- soaked with liquid or moisture; saturated, ( ; ); The
ground was marshy and sodden, and I sank deep into it at every step I took.
— The Pilots of Pomona;
meditate > meditation > meditative = wistful = pensive {wistful} =