| engraft | (verb) fix or set securely or deeply | Synonyms: embed, imbed, implant, plant |
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| (verb) cause to grow together parts from different plants | Synonyms: graft, ingraft |
| engram | (noun) a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory | Synonyms: memory trace |
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| engrave | (verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface | Synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch |
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| (verb) carve or cut a design or letters into | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block | Synonyms: etch |
| (verb) impress or affect deeply | - |
| engraved | (adjective) cut or impressed into a surface | Synonyms: etched, graven, incised, inscribed |
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| engraver | (noun) a printmaker who prints from an engraved printing plate | - |
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| (noun) a skilled worker who can inscribe designs or writing onto a surface by carving or etching | - |
| engraving | (noun) making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them | Synonyms: etching |
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| (noun) a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved | - |
| (noun) a print made from an engraving | - |
| engross | (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: absorb, engage, occupy |
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| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| engrossed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document | - |
| engrossing | (adjective) capable of arousing and holding the attention | Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting |
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| engrossment | (noun) the quality of being intent and concentrated | Synonyms: intentness |
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| (noun) the mental state of being preoccupied by something | Synonyms: absorption, preoccupancy, preoccupation |
| (noun) complete attention; intense mental effort | Synonyms: absorption, concentration, immersion |