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<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which is engraved; an engraved plate.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.</def>

<note>&hand; Engraving on wood is called <i>xylography</i>; on copper, <i>chalcography</i>; on stone <i>lithography</i>. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called <i>wood cuts</i>, those from stone, <i>lithographs</i>.</note>

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<hw>En*greg"ge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>engregier</ets>, from (assumed) LL. <ets>ingreviare</ets>; <ets>in</ets> + (assumed) <ets>grevis</ets> heavy, for L. <ets>gravis</ets>. Cf. <er>Aggravate</er>.]</ety> <def>To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

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<hw>En*grieve"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To grieve.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>En*gross"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Engrossed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engrossing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F., fr. pref. <ets>en-</ets> (L. <ets>in</ets>) + <ets>gros</ets> gross, <ets>grosse</ets>, <ets>n.</ets>, an engrossed document: cf. OF. <ets>engrossir</ets>, <ets>engroissier</ets>, to make thick, large, or gross. See <er>Gross</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Waves . . . <b>engrossed</b> with mud. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Not sleeping, to <b>engross</b> his idle body. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To amass.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>engross</b> up glorious deeds on my behalf. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To copy or write in a large hand (<i>en gross</i>, <it>i. e.</it>, in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; <as>as, to <ex>engross</ex> a deed or like instrument on parchment</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Some period long past, when clerks <b>engrossed</b> their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Laws that may be <b>engrossed</b> on a finger nail. <i>De Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; <as>as, the subject <ex>engrossed</ex> all his thoughts</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>engross</ex> commodities in market; to <ex>engross</ex> power.</as></def>

<cs><col>Engrossed bill</col> <fld>(Legislation)</fld>, <cd>one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage.</cd> -- <col>Engrossing hand</col> <fld>(Penmanship)</fld>, <cd>a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See <er>Absorb</er>.</syn>

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<hw>En*gross"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.</def>

<i>Locke.</i>

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