How to pronounce engross
American English pronunciation
en-GROHS
- IPA
- /ɛnˈɡɹoʊs/
- Syllables
- en · GROHS (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What engross means
Most people know engross in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
To write out a document in large, neat letters
In a sentence: The clerk had to engross the deed in big, careful letters so that anyone could read it.
Where it comes from: It comes partly from the old French en gros, meaning in bulk, and partly from a Latin word meaning to write something large and thick. The attention meaning comes from the same word.
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