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engross

eng·ross

UK/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/ US/ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

engross (oneself) fully

  • “He immersed himself into his studies”
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2.

engage or engross wholly

  • “Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely”
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Origin

From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross. By surface analysis, en- + gross.

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