absorb, engross, engage, occupy
(verb) consume all of one’s attention or time; “Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely”
steep, immerse, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up
(verb) devote (oneself) fully to; “He immersed himself into his studies”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
engross (third-person singular simple present engrosses, present participle engrossing, simple past and past participle engrossed)
(transitive, now legal) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
(transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
(transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.
(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
(obsolete) To amass.
• (to buy up the whole supply of): corner the market
• (thicken): inspissate; see also thicken
• (amass): amound, hoard; see also amass
• (to write out in large characters): longhand
• Gersons, Gonsers, Songers, grossen, songers
Source: Wiktionary
En*gross", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Engrossed; p. pr. & vb. n. Engrossing.] Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 December 2024
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