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Antonyms for engross

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-grohs
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgroʊs

Definition of engross

Origin :
  • c.1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c.1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail. See gross.
  • Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross, meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French engrosser, from Old French en gros "in large (letters)." Related: Engrossed; engrossing.
  • verb hold one's attention
Example sentences :
  • The novelty of the whole scene appeared for an instant to engross her attention.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Is it not rather for them a conspiracy to engross its advantages for the favoured few?
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • Not that he took little interest in it, but it had no power to absorb and engross him.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • He had matters on hand of greater moment to engross his attention.
  • Extract from : « A Pirate of Parts » by Richard Neville
  • Had we not had serious work before us, it was one to engross all our thoughts.
  • Extract from : « Tales of the Sea » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Never, therefore, engross the whole conversation to yourself.
  • Extract from : « The Young Man's Guide » by William A. Alcott
  • His eldest son, Cuthbert, did not engross all his heart, but occupied all his care.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Maltravers, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • From a child herself, always 'the children' (of somebody else) to engross her.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
  • How it lifts us above the things which engross the children of this world!
  • Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • He simply took it for his due, and he had other things to engross his mind now.
  • Extract from : « A Dreadful Temptation » by Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller

Synonyms for engross

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