Middle English Dictionary Entry
grōsen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | grōsen v. Also grocen, grossen. |
| Etymology | OF grosser & grossir. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. engrossen v.
1.
(a) To assemble (things); to bring (matters) together; to amass (wealth), acquire; ?also, to hoard (goods); ~ up; (b) ppl. grosed up, of agreements: consummated; (c) to thicken (a liquid), cause to become viscous; ppl. grosing as adj., of the substance of medicines: ?dense, compact; ?having a thickening effect.
Associated quotations
a
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)6.3356 : The fiffte armure [of a rhetorician] callid Remembraunce..So auisili to grose up in substaunce Hooli his mateeris.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)214 : Groson, or grocyn vp, or take mony thyngys togedur: Ingrosso.
- (1461-2) Doc.in Gilbert Cal.Dublin 1311 : That Thomas Newbery, John Bennet..schall serche withyn the franches of the sayd citte, and wher they fyndyth any maner of stof of corn grosyt, they to arest and take up all such stof.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)80/2 : What thing is worse thanne money, which comonly is groced vp by vntrouþe of the getters and is kepte through mistrust of the holders?
b
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5153 : He charged hem to kepen in secre Al þat was seid..Vn-to tyme þat þei ben assured of þe ende, grocid vp in dede.
c
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.43va (2.5) : Colre first he makeþ the vryn þenne, but when he is mixte wiþ fleume, it is engrossede, i. þikked, & so 'fleuma' grosseþ þe vryn & mathe him more depe in colour þan he was first.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)172a/a : Exemplez of þe secondez [restrictif medicyne of blode] bene..al stiptic & pontik þing terrestria i. erthy and grossing.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: For 'thicken' sense (c), cf. engrossen v., 2.(b).