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occupied collapse: resided in; having tenants; "not all the occupied (or tenanted) apartments were well kept up"; held or filled or in use; "she keeps her time well occupied"; "the wc is occupied"; seized and controlled as by military invasion; "the occupied countries of Europe"

introspective collapse: given to examining own sensory and perceptual experiences

absorbed collapse: taken in through the pores of a surface; "the absorbed water expanded the sponge"; retained without reflection; "the absorbed light intensity"

engrossed collapse: written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document

abstracted collapse: taken out of or separated from; "possibility is...achievability, abstracted from achievement"- A.N.Whitehead

studious collapse: marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

engaged collapse: having ones attention or mind or energy engaged; "she keeps herself fully occupied with volunteer activities"; "deeply engaged in conversation"; built against or attached to a wall; "engaged columns"; having services contracted for; "the carpenter engaged (or employed) for the job is sick"; (used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors"; involved in military hostilities; "the desperately engaged ships continued the fight"

obsessed collapse: influenced or controlled by a powerful force such as a strong emotion; "by love possessed"

penciled collapse: drawn or written with a pencil; "a penciled sketch"; "the penciled message"

on paper collapse: as described in contrast to as practiced; "on paper, this looks like a good idea"; as written or printed; "this is exactly what the composer had set down on paper"

written collapse: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written evidence"; systematically collected and written down; "written laws"

elsewhere collapse: in or to another place; "he went elsewhere"; "look elsewhere for the answer"

printed collapse: written in print characters or produced by means of e.g. a printing press

wrapped collapse: enclosed securely in a covering of paper or the like; "gaily wrapped gifts"

longhand collapse: rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper; having words written out in full by hand; "longhand writing"

faraway collapse: very far away in space or time; "faraway mountains"; "the faraway future"; "troops landing on far-off shores"; "far-off happier times"; far removed mentally; "a faraway (or distant) look in her eyes"

cursive collapse: having successive letter joined together; "cursive script"

absent collapse: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence"; not in a specified place physically or mentally; go away or leave; "He absented himself"

drink in collapse: be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to; "The mother drinks in every word of her son on the stage"

inscribed collapse: written (by handwriting, printing, engraving, or carving) on or in a surface

shorthand collapse: a method of writing rapidly; written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"

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