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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 en·gulf /ɪnˈgʌlf, ɛn-/
 (vt.)捲入,吸進,投入深淵,吞沒,使全神貫注

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 En·gulf v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engulfed p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing.]  To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
    It quite engulfs all human thought.   --Young.
 Syn: -- See Absorb.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 In·gulf v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ingulfed p. pr. & vb. n. Ingulfing.]  [Written also engulf.] To swallow up or overwhelm in, or as in, a gulf; to cast into a gulf. See Engulf.
 A river large . . .
 Passed underneath ingulfed.   --Milton.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 engulf
      v 1: engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his
           studies" [syn: steep, immerse, plunge, engross,
           absorb, soak up]
      2: flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed
         him completely"