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engross (medicine)


engross


1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. "Waves . . . Engrossed with mud." (Spenser) "Not sleeping, to engross his idle body." (Shak)

2. To amass. "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, a fair, round style of Writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.

Synonym: To absorb, swallow up, imbibe, consume, exhaust, occupy, forestall, monopolize. See Absorb.

Origin: 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.

Source: Websters Dictionary


Dual Overhead Cam (Dohc) - Motor Sports (gambling)


Engine with two camshafts on top of the cylinder head, one to open and close intake valves, the Other to open and close exhaust valves. See also Overhead Cam and Overhead Valve.