Associations to the word «Engross»
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
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?