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: absorbed, engross / / verb [transitive]

1 if something engrosses you, you are extremely interested in it: Their revolutionary talk engrossed him, and he listened intently.

2 engross yourself in/with to become very interested in something and spend a lot of time doing it

prescribe : ordain /verb [transitive]

1 to officially make someone a priest or religious leader: Desmond Tutu was ordained in 1960. | ordain sb (as) sth: Paulson was ordained deacon.

also ordination

2 formal to order that something should happen: a duty ordained by God

[+ that]: The King ordained that a feast should be prepared.