Engrieve
(En*grieve") v. t. To grieve. [Obs.] Spenser.
Engross
(En*gross") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] [F., fr. pref. en-
(L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make
thick, large, or gross. See Gross.]
1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.]
Waves . . . engrossed with mud.
Spenser.
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body.
Shak. 2. To amass. [Obs.]
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf.
Shak. 3. 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.
Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial
materials.
Hawthorne.
Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail.
De Quincey. 4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all
his thoughts.
5. 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.
Engrossed bill (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments,
preparatory to final action on its passage. — Engrossing hand (Penmanship), a fair, round style of
writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.
Syn. — To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See Absorb.
Engrosser
(En*gross"er) n.
1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
2. One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise
the price; a forestaller. Locke.
Engrossment
(En*gross"ment) n.
1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.
Engrossments of power and favor.
Swift. 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
Enguard
(En*guard") v. t. To surround as with a guard. [Obs.] Shak.
