engross
verb (used with object)
to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb.
engrosser
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a word derived from
engross.
Example Sentences
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That is usual at the closing of a session, and many bills that had been passed in the last few days came from the engrosser for the signature of the President.
From Under Four Administrations From Cleveland to Taft by Oscar S. Straus
The scarcity of Groser, grocer, is not surprising, for the word, aphetic for engrosser, originally meaning a wholesale dealer, one who sold en gros, is of comparatively late occurrence.
From The Romance of Names by Ernest Weekley
What an abbreviator and clawer off of lawsuits, reconciler of differences, examiner and fumbler of bags, peruser of bills, scribbler of rough drafts, and engrosser of deeds would he not make!
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 by Peter Anthony Motteux
"Yes," replied the two copying-clerks and the engrosser, whose pens forthwith began to creak over the stamped paper, making as much noise in the office as a hundred cockchafers imprisoned by schoolboys in paper cages.
From Colonel Chabert by Ellen Marriage
He looked well to the care of his pen and inscribed each letter with the patient care of the most skillful engrosser of to-day.
From Books Before Typography A Primer of Information About the Invention of the Alphabet and the History of Book-Making up to the Invention of Movable Types Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #49 by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton
