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engrossing in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e., buying up food on the way to its normal markets, and regrating, i.e., gaining control of a commodity once it reaches the market. All these practices were declared criminal in 1844 in England. See monopoly .

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A. †buy up wholesale XIV; †get together XVI; gain or keep exclusive possession of, occupy exclusively XVII;

B. write in large letters, as in legal documents XV. — AN. engrosser and AL. ingrossāre, in sense A f. phrs. en gros and in grossō in the lump, by wholesale, in sense B f. en in + OF. grosse, medL. grossa large writing; see GROSS2.

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en·gross·ing / enˈgrōsing/ • adj. absorbing all one's attention or interest: the most engrossing parts of the book. DERIVATIVES: en·gross·ing·ly adv.

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