"riveted" in the verb sense
1. concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
direct one's attention on something
"Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
2. rivet
fasten with a rivet or rivets
3. rivet
hold (someone's attention
"The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"
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