engross
verb /ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they engross | /ɪnˈɡrəʊs/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊs/ |
| he / she / it engrosses | /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/ |
| past simple engrossed | /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ |
| past participle engrossed | /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ |
| -ing form engrossing | /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ |
- engross somebody if something engrosses you, it is so interesting that you give it all your attention and time
- As the business grew, it totally engrossed him.
Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as ingross): based on en-, in- ‘in’ + late Latin grossus ‘large’. The current sense is from Old French en gros, from medieval Latin in grosso ‘wholesale’