Hypertext Webster Gateway: "engulf"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ingulf \In*gulf"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingulfed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Ingulfing}.] [Cf. {Engulf}.] [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.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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"
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