Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.