/
ɪnˈgrəʊs,
ɛn-/
v.
-
(often be engrossed in)
absorb all the attention of.
▸archaic monopolize.
- Law produce (a legal document) in its final form.
Derivative
- engrossing adj.
- engrossingly adv.
Etymology
ME: sense 1 is from OFr. en gros, from med. L. in grosso ‘wholesale’; sense 2 is from Anglo-Norman Fr. engrosser, med. L. ingrossare (from OFr. grosse, med. L. grossa ‘large writing’).
