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engross (en GROHS) (verb), engrosses; engrossed; engrossing
1. To earn as a total income or profit before any deductions are made: Jim’s company was very pleased to have engrossed so much, which meant that even after taxes were paid, the employees could then have a pay raise!
2. To occupy wholly; to absorb completely, to take up all the attention of: Mary became so engrossed in her work that she did not hear the lunch bell.
3. To copy or to write in large, clear letters: Lynn’s father had bad eyesight, so, when she wrote him letters, she engrossed them for him so he could read them easily.

In order for the people to read the posters without difficulty from across a large room, Joan engrossed the words with larger alphabetical characters.
4. Etymology: from Latin ingrossare, "write large; in, "in" + grossus, "large".

Completely absorbed or occupied doing someing.
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