engross

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. v. To occupy exclusively; absorb: A great novel engrosses the reader. See Synonyms at monopolize.
2. v. To acquire most or all of (a commodity); monopolize (a market).
3. v. To write or transcribe in a large, clear hand.
4. v. To write or print the final draft of (an official document).

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To make large or larger; make additions to; increase in bulk or quantity.
2. To make thick or gross; thicken.
3. To take in the gross or in bulk; take the whole of; get sole possession of; absorb completely: with or without all.
4. Specifically To monopolize the supply of, or the supplies in; get entire possession or control of, for the purpose of raising prices and enhancing profits: as, to engross the importations of tea; to engross the market for wheat.
5. To occupy wholly; take up or employ entirely, to the exclusion of other things: as, business engrosses his attention or thoughts; to be engrossed in study.
6. To write out in a fair large hand or in a formal or prescribed manner for preservation, as a public document or record. The engrossing of documents was formerly executed in England, and for some purposes till a late period, in a peculiar hand, called the engrossing-hand, derived from the ancient court-hand, nearly illegible to all but experts. The engrossing-hand of the present day is a fair round hand, purposely made as legible as possible. The engrossing of testimonials and other commemorative documents is often a work of much art involving the employment of ornamental characters of various forms, and sometimes also of elaborate adornment, and a studied arrangement for effective display.
7. Synonyms and Swallow up, Engulf, etc. (see absorb); to lay hold of, monopolize.

Wiktionary

1. v. transitive To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
2. v. transitive, business, obsolete To buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
3. v. transitive To monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
4. v. transitive To completely engage the attention of.
5. v. transitive, obsolete To thicken; to condense.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. obsolete To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
2. v. obsolete To amass.
3. v. 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.
4. v. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; to absorb.
5. v. 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

WordNet 3.0

1. v. consume all of one's attention or time
2. v. devote (oneself) fully to