Engross /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing

1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.]

   Waves . . . engrossed with mud.

   Not sleeping, to engross his idle body.

2. To amass. [Obs.]

   To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf.

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.

   Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail.

4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; 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.