Engross Definition

ĕn-grōs

engrossed, engrosses, engrossing

verb

engrossed, engrosses, engrossing

To make a final fair copy of (esp. a legislative bill)

Webster's New World

To take the entire attention of; occupy wholly; absorb.

Engrossed in a book.

Webster's New World

To write out in large letters of a kind once used for legal documents.

Webster's New World

To write or transcribe in a large, clear hand.

American Heritage

To express formally or in legal form.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Engross

From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”), 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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English engrossen to collect in large quantity, monopolize from Old French engrossier from en gros in large quantity en in (from Latin in in–²) gros large gross Sense 3, from Middle English engrossen to make a finished copy of a legal document from Anglo-Norman engrosser from Medieval Latin ingrossāre Latin in- in en–¹ grossa a copy in a large hand (from Late Latin grossus thick)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition