Associations to the word «Engrossed»
Noun
- Expiration
- Attention
- Superiority
- Conversation
- Express
- Fifty
- Freeman
- Share
- Capitol
- Forty
- Discourse
- Passion
- Clerk
- Declaration
- Supper
- Anxiety
- Commerce
- Excitement
- Thought
- Burden
- Mind
- Prospect
- Expense
- Violation
- Employ
- Contest
- Happiness
- Imagination
- Notice
- Whole
- Perhaps
- Bringing
- Jurisdiction
- Legislature
- Revenge
- Circumstance
- Regard
- Er
- Legislation
- Instruction
- Subject
- Nation
- Maryland
- Keeping
- Fortune
- Dinner
- Object
- Care
- Quarter
- Manner
- Matter
- Possession
- Pleasure
- Talk
- Majority
- Slave
- Phase
- Energy
- Occasion
- Heart
- Faculty
- All
- Creature
- Power
- Lady
Wiktionary
ENGROSS, verb. (transitive) (now legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
ENGROSS, verb. (transitive) (business) (obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
ENGROSS, verb. (transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
ENGROSS, verb. (transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
ENGROSS, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To thicken; to condense.
ENGROSS, verb. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
ENGROSS, verb. (obsolete) To amass.
Dictionary definition
ENGROSS, verb. Devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies".
ENGROSS, verb. Consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely".
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