Middle English Dictionary Entry
engrōssen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | engrōssen v. Also in-. |
| Etymology | OF engrossier, engroissier and engrossir; ML ingrossāre. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To gather, collect, or acquire (something) in large quantity or numbers; (b) to accumulate or buy (goods) in such quantity as to cause scarcity, to forestall (the market), to corner (a commodity with a view to raising the price); engrossen up; (c) fig. to subsume or unite (in one entity).
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)22 : For þei engrosed on to hem all þe gode customes of þe world þat wer writyn in ony book and þei inacted hem in to her bokes, whech bokes þei named bibliotecis.
- (c1450) Capgr.St.Aug.(Add 36704)2/7 : Octauiane engrosed ner al þe lordchip of þe world on-to þe empir of Rome.
- c1475(c1450) Idley Instr.(Cmb Ee.4.37)1.1207 : So it fareth by loue..That goith at large wher she liste; Moche lewdenesse she doith engros.
- a1500(a1470) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)127 : For yor owne singler lucre, ye wrongfully engrose towards you al oure tenants lyvelode there.
b
- a1400 Usages Win.(Win-HRO W/A3/1)58/15 : No regratour ne go owt of towne for to engrosy [WinHRO W/A3/2: engrose] þe chaffare, vp-on payne for to be fourty dayes in þe kynges prysone.
- (1429) RParl.4.360b : Divers persones..engrosen and gederen in divers parties of ye saide Roiaume grete quantite of fyn' Wolle yerne.
- (?a1450) Rec.Norwich 2315 : Ȝe shall not suffre any persone of ȝour crafte to engrosen ne forstallen no maner of vytayll in hynderyng of þe comones of þe cite.
- (a1452) Doc.in Kingsford EHist.Lit.(CotR 2.23)363 : Lombardes, Esterlinges..enproche þe Kynges Customs and engrose þe gold and send hit over the See and gete vpon the nobull xvjd, that is iiijs at the pounde.
- (1474) Let.Bk.Lond.L (Gldh LetBk L)124 : The Bochers of the saide Citee..ingrose the Talugh and bryng it into fewe handes.
- (a1475) Fortescue Dial.UF (Vit E.10)489 : Wherfor then do ye engroce up the greet hopes of theis wordely goodes unrightfully, to the greet noyaunce and trouble of the pore people?
c
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.Letab.(Hrl 2255)207 : Al oold figurys of Antiquyte..acomplysshed been in dede, Engrossyd vp in the natiuite Off Crist Iesu.
- a1500(a1460) Towneley Pl.(Hnt HM 1)202/250 : Almyghty god in persons thre, All in oone substance ay ingroost.
2.
Med. (a) To increase (a patient's diet); (b) to thicken (the humors), to thicken or condense (a liquid); (c) to become swollen or enlarged; to be heavy or gross.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)56a/b : Be þe diete ingrossed And litel & litel go agayne to hys costume.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)102b/a : Gode diete,..be it ingrossed [*Ch.(2): make þe diete gretter].
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)171a/a : Be þe litarge cocte wiþ oile and acete vnto it be ingrossed.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30b/a : Or it is ingrossed & inviscate, And þan is þer made fleume grosse.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)63b/a : Som beþ refreynyng ingrossand [*Ch.(2): makynge þicke]..al froites stiptic.
- a1500(?a1425) Lambeth SSecr.(Lamb 501)80/37 : Wyn þat ys takyn abundanly..engrosys his blood, and it makys þe herte-blood blake.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)90b/a : If þai [polyps] be ingrossed..þan þai make soft flesh.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)136a/b : If it be a grayne or a þing þat afterward is ingrossed,..with som subtile spature it be kutted in pecez mele.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)30a/a : So mych may þe materie be ingrossed þat þai ar sene to be pusclez ficalez.
- c1450 Lydg.SSecr.Ctn.(Sln 2464)2644 : Whan face kepith dew proporcioun..Not engrosyd nouthir ovir pleyn.
3.
Law (a) To draft or write (a law, will, etc.) in final form; (b) to make or consummate (an agreement), conclude (a transaction); (c) to record (something), make a written record of; engrossen bokes, to make or keep a written record, to keep book.
Associated quotations
a
- (1418) in Rymer's Foedera (1709-10)9.629a : To have a Pees appointed, the whiche shuld be affirmed, engrossed, and put in Execution.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3999 : The conuencioun, Of old engrocyd by gret purvyance, which is enrollyd and put in remembrance.
- (1425) RParl.4.289a : The seurtees of yis said somme, as wele for the paiement to my sayd Lord of Gloucestr', as for the repaiement to our said soverein Lord, may not beene engrossed duryng this Parlement.
- (1429) RParl.4.361a : Yees Articles abovesaide..in fourme of Statutes to be engrosed and putte in execution with alle effect.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.2233 : Lawes, statut or decre, Al up engrosed bi his auctorite.
- (1444) RParl.5.125b : That the seid suerte be there engrosed and of recorde.
- (?1462) Paston (Gairdner)4.54 : The seid apoyntement to be ingrosid and made so that the seid college shuld hold be the same apoyntement.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4927 : Alle thinges to be ingrosed vp by ther avys that noon interrupcion falle aftir to hurte ony part of my seid wil.
- -?-(1451) Mackerell's MS Hist.Norwich (1737) in Nrf.Archaeol.3329 : The seid accorde and appoyntments been avised and engroced.
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5704 : To calle his lordis..to assemble yfere, Finally tengrosse þis matere.
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)1528 : Engrosid was the covenaunte be-twen hem [bothe] to, In presence of þe Emperour--in opyn, & no roun.
- (1461) Paston (Gairdner)3.268 : I have spokyn with Essex..and fynd him..wel dysposed, not withstandyng he woll not falle to no conclusyon to engrose up the mater.
c
- (1443) Proc.Privy C.5.300 : Þe bokes languing to myn office may [not] be maad nor engrosed with oute good leaser..Graunte me respite and leyser..to make and engrose þe said bokes.
- (1464) Acc.Howard in RC 57452 : Percellis that are enteryd and engrosyd in my lordis boke.
- (1467) Ordin.Wor.379 : The actes of the yelde..shullen be enacted and engrossed in a quayer of parchemyn.
4.
To engrave or decorate (with sculpture).
Associated quotations
- c1425(c1400) Ld.Troy (LdMisc 595)11204 : Hit [the tomb of Hector] was wroght & wel engrosed With ffloures & leues.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1425 Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Wel 225)226/2445 : Colre..when it is myxt with fleume it is ingrossed & thykked & sa it ingrosses þe uryn.
Note: Slightly antedates sense 2.(b)
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1500 Hrl.2252 Artist.Recipes (Hrl 2252) 74/17 : When thy sise ys drye, wete hyt with a lytell of thy spettyll, and then shalte þu engroce it with a sharpe knyfe, and then shave it well þat hyt be withowte ony hyllys.
- a1500 Hrl.3151 Limn.Recipes (Hrl 3151) 232/15 : When the sysse is dry wete it lyghtly with thi spatyll; than shall thow engrosse it with a sharp knyf, and than shaf it tyll it be withowte any hyllis evyn.
- a1525 BodEMus.52 Artist.Recipes (BodEMus 52) 192/25 : Þu schalt engrose it with a scharpe penneknyffe, and þen schaffet tyll it be withoute hylles.
Note: ?This word. ?New sense.
Note: No gloss provided by Clarke.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.69vb (2.10) : In autumpne..þe humores of mannes body ar taken wiþ hete afore-goande & smyt wiþ a colde comande, & so þai engrosen and clodden & clompren togedre and ar distemperede, and þerof ar often tyme causede dyuerse febres.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.106ra (3.16) : Þe pappes of woman ar spongiouse os a kowes vdder, & þer ar certeyn waies, i. veyns, comand fro þe matrice to þe pappes, be which waies þe blode is dyryuede fro þe matrice to þe pappes. & when it comeþ þer, it engrosseþ & bloppeþ & blouteþ þe pappes of þe woman.
Note: Additional quots., antedating sense 2.