engross (old and some mod. edd. also “ingross”)
1.
to write out in a legal hand
R3 III. vi. 2.
2.
to get together,
collect
1H4 III. ii. 148
“To up glorious deeds
on my behalf,”
2H4 IV. v. 69,
Ant. III. vii. 36
“people Engross'd by
swift impress.”
3.
to gain exclusive
possession of, monopolize
Wiv. II. ii. 207
“e-ed opportunities to
meet her,”
All'sW. III. ii. 68,
Rom. V. iii. 115
“e-ing death,”
Sonn. cxxxiii. 6.
4.
to fatten
R3 III. vii. 75
“to engross his idle
body.”
