engross

Meaning

Verb

  • To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
  • To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
  • To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
  • To completely engage the attention of.
  • To thicken; to condense.
  • To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
  • To amass.

Origin

  • From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser ("to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form"); partly from the phrase en gros, from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō ("thicken, write something large and in bold lettering"), from in- + grossus, from Old High German grōz ("big, thick, coarse"), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz ("large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined"), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- ("to fell, put down, fall in"). More at in-, gross.

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