Word Meanings - INGROSS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

ENGROSS
n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make 1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser. Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak. 2. To amass.
ENGROSSER
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
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.