Definition of engross

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Engross (v. t.) 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..

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Absorbedly :: Absorbedly (adv.) In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
Ingross :: Ingross (v. t.) See Engross.
Rapt :: Rapt (a.) Wholly absorbed or engrossed, as in work or meditation..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To amass.
Absorb :: Absorb (v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth..
Engagement :: Engagement (n.) That which engages; engrossing occupation; employment of the attention; obligation by pledge, promise, or contract; an enterprise embarked in; as, his engagements prevented his acceptance of any office..
Engrossment :: Engrossment (n.) That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) 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..
Chirography :: Chirography (n.) The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography..
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To engross; to appropriate; -- usually with up.
World :: World (n.) The earth and its affairs as distinguished from heaven; concerns of this life as distinguished from those of the life to come; the present existence and its interests; hence, secular affairs; engrossment or absorption in the affairs of this life; worldly corruption; the ungodly or wicked part of mankind..
Absorption :: Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment..
Monopolize :: Monopolize (v. t.) To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity..
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on.
Engrossed :: Engrossed (imp. & p. p.) of Engros.
Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..
Immersed :: Immersed (p. p. & a.) Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
Absorbing :: Absorbing (a.) Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit..
Self-contained :: Self-contained (a.) Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self.
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