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"word": "engrossing"
}
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"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "engrossen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English engrossen",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "engrosser",
"4": "",
"5": "to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form"
},
"expansion": "Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "",
"3": "en gros",
"4": "in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale"
},
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{
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"2": "ML.",
"3": "ingrossō",
"4": "",
"5": "thicken, write something large and in bold lettering",
"pos": "v."
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.)",
"name": "der"
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},
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{
"args": {
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"2": "grossus",
"3": "",
"4": "great, big, thick"
},
"expansion": "grossus (“great, big, thick”)",
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},
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"1": "en",
"2": "goh",
"3": "grōz",
"4": "",
"5": "big, thick, coarse"
},
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},
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"args": {
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*graut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *graut",
"name": "der"
},
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*grautaz",
"4": "",
"5": "large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”)",
"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ghrewə-",
"4": "",
"5": "to fell, put down, fall in"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”)",
"name": "der"
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"2": "gross"
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}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
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{
"form": "engrosses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "gross"
}
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Law",
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"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: longhand"
},
{
"ref": "1846, Thomas De Quincey, “On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine",
"text": "laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-en:finalize",
"links": [
[
"law",
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],
[
"aesthetic",
"aesthetic"
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[
"legible",
"legible"
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[
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"finalized"
]
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"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of."
],
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "46 10 10 4 6 16 7",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "piša s golemi bukvi",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "пиша с големи букви"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 10 10 4 6 16 7",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "tekstata"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 10 10 4 6 16 7",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "grossoyer"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 10 10 4 6 16 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čótkimi",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "писать крупными чёткими буквами"
},
{
"_dis1": "46 10 10 4 6 16 7",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pisatʹ nabelo",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "писать набело"
}
]
},
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Business",
"orig": "en:Business",
"parents": [
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.)."
],
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"business",
"business"
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[
"buy",
"buy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "corner the market"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"business"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kupuvam na edro",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "купувам на едро"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "kahmia"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "accaparer"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "rafler"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "s’emparer de"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "incettare"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "acaparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "arramblar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "apandar"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 86 3 2 3 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "alzarse con"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin Books, published 2009, pages 125–126",
"text": "Octavian then engrosses for himself proconsular powers for ten years in all the provinces where more than one legion was stationed, giving him effective control of the army",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-3vnIq1~0",
"links": [
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"monopolize",
"monopolize"
],
[
"concentrate",
"concentrate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopoliziram",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "монополизирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "accaparer"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "monopoliser"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "truster"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "accaparrare"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolizirovatʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "монополизировать"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobirátʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "собира́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopitʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "копить"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakopljatʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "накоплять"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "acaparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 3 82 2 3 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "monopolizar"
}
]
},
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"examples": [
{
"text": "She seems to be completely engrossed in that book.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250",
"text": "Having made a few vain attempts at engrossing my attention in my book, I was obliged to let myself be carried away by the impetuous torrent of the squire's eloquence.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To completely engage the attention of."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-tilMEcm7",
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To completely engage the attention of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavladjavam",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "завладявам"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "absorbi"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "viedä kaikki huomio"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "syventyä"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captiver"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "passionner"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "fasciner"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "polariser"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "envoûter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "ravir"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "charmer"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "capter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "obnubiler"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "obséder"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captare"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"roman": "quánshénguànzhù",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "全神贯注"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uglubljatʹsja",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "углубляться"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxodítʹ s golovoj",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "уходи́ть с головой"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "cautivar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "hechizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "arrobar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "encantar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "fascinar"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 10 6 64 8 3 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "polarizar"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To thicken; to condense."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-f7ZEqxn~",
"links": [
[
"thicken",
"thicken"
],
[
"condense",
"condense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inspissate"
},
{
"word": "thicken"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-p0j~Z1KL",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "lihottaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engraisser"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "ingrassare"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkarmlivatʹ",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "откармливать"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engordar"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "echar carnes"
},
{
"_dis1": "14 4 0 0 0 82 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engrosar"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To amass."
],
"id": "en-engross-en-verb-u1h8rBks",
"links": [
[
"amass",
"amass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To amass."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "amound"
},
{
"word": "hoard"
},
{
"word": "amass"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈɡɹoʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋˈɡɹoʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊs"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"historical"
],
"word": "ingross"
}
],
"word": "engross"
}
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"Rhymes:English/əʊs",
"Rhymes:English/əʊs/2 syllables"
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}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "engrossen"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "xno",
"3": "engrosser",
"4": "",
"5": "to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "",
"3": "en gros",
"4": "in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale"
},
"expansion": "en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "en-"
},
"expansion": "en-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "gros"
},
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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ML.",
"3": "ingrossō",
"4": "",
"5": "thicken, write something large and in bold lettering",
"pos": "v."
},
"expansion": "Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "in-"
},
"expansion": "in-",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "grossus",
"3": "",
"4": "great, big, thick"
},
"expansion": "grossus (“great, big, thick”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "goh",
"3": "grōz",
"4": "",
"5": "big, thick, coarse"
},
"expansion": "Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*graut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *graut",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*grautaz",
"4": "",
"5": "large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ghrewə-",
"4": "",
"5": "to fell, put down, fall in"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "in-"
},
"expansion": "in-",
"name": "l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gross"
},
"expansion": "gross",
"name": "l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "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.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "engrosses",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "engrossed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "gross"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Law"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: longhand"
},
{
"ref": "1846, Thomas De Quincey, “On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine",
"text": "laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of."
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law#English"
],
[
"aesthetic",
"aesthetic"
],
[
"legible",
"legible"
],
[
"finalized",
"finalized"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of."
],
"senseid": [
"en:finalize"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"law"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Business"
],
"glosses": [
"To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"business",
"business"
],
[
"buy",
"buy"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.)."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "corner the market"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"business"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, John Burrow, A History of Histories, Penguin Books, published 2009, pages 125–126",
"text": "Octavian then engrosses for himself proconsular powers for ten years in all the provinces where more than one legion was stationed, giving him effective control of the army",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly."
],
"links": [
[
"monopolize",
"monopolize"
],
[
"concentrate",
"concentrate"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She seems to be completely engrossed in that book.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 250",
"text": "Having made a few vain attempts at engrossing my attention in my book, I was obliged to let myself be carried away by the impetuous torrent of the squire's eloquence.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To completely engage the attention of."
],
"links": [
[
"engage",
"engage"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To completely engage the attention of."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To thicken; to condense."
],
"links": [
[
"thicken",
"thicken"
],
[
"condense",
"condense"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "inspissate"
},
{
"word": "thicken"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"To amass."
],
"links": [
[
"amass",
"amass"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) To amass."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "amound"
},
{
"word": "hoard"
},
{
"word": "amass"
}
],
"tags": [
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɪŋˈɡɹəʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛnˈɡɹoʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɛŋˈɡɹoʊs/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊs"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-engross.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/En-us-engross.ogg/En-us-engross.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/En-us-engross.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-engross.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/En-au-engross.ogg/En-au-engross.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/En-au-engross.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"archaic",
"historical"
],
"word": "ingross"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "piša s golemi bukvi",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "пиша с големи букви"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "tekstata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "grossoyer"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čótkimi",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "писать крупными чёткими буквами"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pisatʹ nabelo",
"sense": "to write in large and clear script",
"word": "писать набело"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kupuvam na edro",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "купувам на едро"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "kahmia"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "accaparer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "rafler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "s’emparer de"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "incettare"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "acaparar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "arramblar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "apandar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to buy up wholesale",
"word": "alzarse con"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "monopoliziram",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "монополизирам"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "accaparer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "monopoliser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "truster"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "accaparrare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "monopolizirovatʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "монополизировать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sobirátʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "собира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kopitʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "копить"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nakopljatʹ",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "накоплять"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "acaparar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to monopolize; to concentrate possession",
"word": "monopolizar"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zavladjavam",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "завладявам"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "absorbi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "viedä kaikki huomio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "syventyä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captiver"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "passionner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "fasciner"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "polariser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "envoûter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "ravir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "charmer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "capter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "obnubiler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "obséder"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captare"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"roman": "quánshénguànzhù",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "全神贯注"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uglubljatʹsja",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "углубляться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uxodítʹ s golovoj",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "уходи́ть с головой"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "cautivar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "captar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "hechizar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "arrobar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "encantar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "fascinar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage completely",
"word": "polarizar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "lihottaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engraisser"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "ingrassare"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkarmlivatʹ",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "откармливать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engordar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "echar carnes"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make gross or fat",
"word": "engrosar"
}
],
"word": "engross"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": bukvami vs. pisatʹ",
"path": [
"engross"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "engross",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": pisatʹ vs. krupnymi",
"path": [
"engross"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "engross",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": krupnymi vs. čótkimi",
"path": [
"engross"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "engross",
"trace": ""
}
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