different between mesmerise vs engross

English

Verb

mesmerise (third-person singular simple present mesmerises, present participle mesmerising, simple past and past participle mesmerised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of mesmerize.

English

Etymology

From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingross? (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German gr?z (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew?- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n?????s/, /???????s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?????s/, /???????s/, /?n???o?s/, /?????o?s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Verb

engross (third-person singular simple present engrosses, present participle engrossing, simple past and past participle engrossed)

2. (transitive, now law) To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.

   Coordinate term: longhand

   • 1846, Thomas De Quincey, “On Christianity, as an Organ of Political Movement”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine:

     laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail

3. (transitive, business, obsolete) To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).

   Synonym: corner the market

4. (transitive) To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
5. (transitive) To completely engage the attention of.
6. (transitive, obsolete) To thicken; to condense.

   Synonyms: inspissate; see also Thesaurus:thicken
7. (transitive, obsolete) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
8. (obsolete) To amass.

   Synonyms: amound, hoard; see also Thesaurus:amass

Derived terms

• engrossing

Related terms

• gross

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “engross”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• engrossing (law) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gersons, Gonsers, Songers, grossen, songers