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".
Wise words
Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your
words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your
character. Watch your character, it becomes your destiny.