ppl. a. [f. ENGROSS v. + -ED1.] In various senses of the vb.: e.g. a. Written out large, written in a legal hand; expressed or incorporated in a legal document. † b. Collected from various quarters, amassed in large quantity (obs.). † c. Thickened, swollen (obs.).

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  a.  1640–4.  in Rushw., Hist. Coll., III. (1692), I. 60. The Ingrossed Articles were again presently read in the House.

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1748.  J. Mason, Elocut., 12. Such a Monotony as Attorney’s Clerks read in when they examine an engrossed Deed.

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  b.  1599.  Marston, Sco. Villanie, III. 227. Nere his tongue shall lie Till his ingrossed iests are all drawne dry.

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  c.  1578.  Banister, Hist. Man, I. 20. Where the body of the Vertebre should be, that is to say, the engrossed part.

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1611.  Chapman, Iliad, XIII. 613/184. When the engrossed waues Boile into foame.

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  Hence Engrossedly adv., in an engrossed manner; with absorbed attention.

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1865.  Dickens, Mut. Fr., III. v. Bella’s eyes dropped more engrossedly over her book.

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