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English Dictionary: engrossing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
engrossing
adj
  1. capable of arousing and holding the attention; "a fascinating story"
    Synonym(s): absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Engross \En*gross"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engrossed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Engrossing}.] [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}.
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