Engross
verb — past tense: engrossed ; past participle: engrossed ; present participle: engrossing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) ~ somebody oneself (in somebody) (to occupy fully by absorbing the attention, to occupy wholly, to absorb, to copy in legal form, to monopolize) ស្រូប, បឺត, ធ្វើអោយជក់ចិត្ដគំនិត engross one's attention ធ្វើអោយស្លុង, be engrossed in ស្លុង (នឹង)
Example: Be engrossed In one's work. - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) ស៊ុប ពង្រាងឯកសារ
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: engrossed ; past participle: engrossed ; present participle: engrossing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i.e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
- 1.
- assimilate, consume, engulf, swallow up
- 2.
- absorb, engage, occupy
- 1.
- discharge, dispense, emit, exude
- 1.
- To amass