engrosser

English

Etymology

From engross +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

engrosser (plural engrossers)

1. One who copies a piece of writing in large, attractive characters.
2. One who takes the whole; a purchaser of such quantities in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
   • 1691, [John Locke], Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest, and Raising the Value of Money. […], London: […] Awnsham and John Churchill, […], published 1692, →OCLC:

     if the engrossing be of all the commodity , and it be of general use , the price is at the will of the engrosser

References

• “engrosser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ gros +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/

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Verb

engrosser

1. (familiar, transitive) to impregnate, to knock up

   Synonym: encloquer

Conjugation

Conjugation of engrosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engrosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engrossant /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engrossé /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrosses /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrossons /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɔ̃/	engrossez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/	engrossent /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/
	imperfect	engrossais /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɛ/	engrossais /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɛ/	engrossait /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɛ/	engrossions /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sjɔ̃/	engrossiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sje/	engrossaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɛ/
	past historic2	engrossai /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/	engrossas /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sa/	engrossa /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sa/	engrossâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sam/	engrossâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sat/	engrossèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɛʁ/
	future	engrosserai /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁe/	engrosseras /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁa/	engrossera /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁa/	engrosserons /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɔ̃/	engrosserez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁe/	engrosseront /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engrosserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɛ/	engrosserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɛ/	engrosserait /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɛ/	engrosserions /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	engrosseriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sə.ʁje/	engrosseraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrosses /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	engrossions /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sjɔ̃/	engrossiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sje/	engrossent /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/
	imperfect2	engrossasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sas/	engrossasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sas/	engrossât /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sa/	engrossassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sa.sjɔ̃/	engrossassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sa.sje/	engrossassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/	—	engrossons /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɔ̃/	engrossez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• engrosseur
• rengrosser

Further reading

• “engrosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012