[ ɪn'grəʊs , ɛn- ]
■ verb
1》 (often be ~ed in ) absorb all the attention of.
↘ archaic monopolize.
2》 Law produce (a legal document) in its final form.
Derivatives
~ing adjective
~ingly adverb
Origin
ME: sense 1 is from OFr. en gros , from med. L. in grosso 'wholesale'; sense 2 is from Anglo-Norman Fr. ~er , med. L. ingrossare (from OFr. grosse , med. L. grossa 'large writing').