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The word “engross” has come into English ultimately from the Late Lat. grossus, thick, stout, large, through the A. Fr. engrosser, Med.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

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 Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)

"Then please," entreated Hubert, "take him away," pointing to the engrosser of their mother.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

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 Weekley, Ernest

"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 Marriage, Ellen