ENGROSS
\ɛnɡɹˈə͡ʊs], \ɛnɡɹˈəʊs], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈəʊ_s]\
Definitions of ENGROSS
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
By Princeton University
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engage or engross wholly; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
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engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his studies"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To amass.
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To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
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To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
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To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
By Oddity Software
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To amass.
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To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
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To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
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To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
By Noah Webster.
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To monopolize; to occupy wholly; as, business engrosses his attention; write in a large distinct round hand, as a public document.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To occupy wholly, monopolize: to copy a writing in a large hand or in distinct characters.
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ENGROSSER.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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To take up or occupy the whole of; to monopolize; to purchase large quantities of a commodity for the purpose of making a profit by enhancing the price; to copy in a large hand or distinct legible characters for preservation, as a record; to take or assume in undue quantity or degree.
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To be occupied in engrossing as a clerk.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
