This envelope had the air of an official record of some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials than at present.
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Engross
//ɪnˈɡɹəʊs//
Synonyms for "engross" (166 found)
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Related words (83)
inditeinfiltrateinscribeinterestinvolveinvolve the interestlonghandmake a buymake a dealmake a recensionmake outmesmerizemonopolizemonopolize the thoughtsobsessobsess the mindoccupyoccupy the attentionoccupy the mindosmose
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penpencilpercolatepercolate inpinguefyplumppreoccupyprepossessprocurepurchasepush the penput in writingput on weightrebuyrecenserecordregraterepurchasereviserewritescribescrivescrollseep inseize the mindsew upslurp upsoaksoak insoak upsorbspellbindspill inkspoil paperspongesteepsuperscribeswill uptake intake it alltake uptie uptracetranscribetransfixtypewritewrite downwrite out
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63 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- завладявам verb (to engage completely)
- купувам на едро verb (to buy up wholesale)
- монополизирам verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- пиша с големи букви verb (to write in large and clear script)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 全神贯注 verb (to engage completely)
Esperanto
1 entries- absorbi verb (to engage completely)
Finnish
4 entries- kahmia verb (to buy up wholesale)
- lihottaa verb (to make gross or fat)
- syventyä verb (to engage completely)
- tekstata verb (to write in large and clear script)
French
4 entries- accaparer verb (to buy up wholesale)
- accaparer verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- capter verb (to engage completely)
- captiver verb (to engage completely)
Italian
4 entries- accaparrare verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- captare verb (to engage completely)
- incettare verb (to buy up wholesale)
- ingrassare verb (to make gross or fat)
Russian
4 entries- копить verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- монополизировать verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- накоплять verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- откармливать verb (to make gross or fat)
Spanish
4 entries- acaparar verb (to buy up wholesale)
- acaparar verb (to monopolize; to concentrate possession)
- alzarse con verb (to buy up wholesale)
- apandar verb (to buy up wholesale)
Thai
1 entries- ง่วน verb (to engage completely)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail
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Wherefore Mr. Micawber […] set to work at the petition, invented it, engrossed it on an immense sheet of paper, spread it out on a table, and appointed a time for all the club, and all within the walls if they chose, to come up to his room and sign it.
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After which time the Popes of Rome, engroſſing what they pleas'd of Politicall rule into their owne hands, extended their dominion over mens eyes, as they had before over their judgements, burning and prohibiting to be read, what they fanſied not; […]
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