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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Engulf

/ĭn-gŭlf'/ · En·gulf · IPA /ɪŋˈɡʌlf/
01 v. t. To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
imp. & p. p. Engulfed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engulfing
  1. 1.
    To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
    “It quite engulfs all human thought.” Young.
Syn. See Absorb.