engross
pronunciation
How to pronounce engross in British English:
UK [ɪnˈɡrəʊs]
How to pronounce engross in American English:
US [ɪnˈɡroʊs]
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- Verb:
- engross (oneself) fully
- engage or engross wholly
Word Origin
- engross
- engross: see gross
- engross (v.)
- c. 1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c. 1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail. See gross. Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross, meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French engrosser, from Old French en gros "in large (letters)." Related: Engrossed; engrossing.
Example
- 1. To attract and hold the attention of ; engross .
- 2. Was I engross my mother 's love alone ?
- 3. Don 't it rather engross him ?
- 4. Jimmy be engross in read this novel .
- 5. He can 't engross all the money .