English → Latin
“engross” in Latin
attrahōto draw, pull or drag to or towards with force; to draw, allure, lead, bring, move, attractcoëmōto purchase or buy upcomprimōto compress (squeeze together); to restrain, contain, repress or curb, hinder, check; to withhold or conceal evidences o
The English word engross itself goes back to Latin grossus, through ingrossō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
engross
Thicken, Vid:
To take possession of the whole, rem totam adse trahere or attrahere, in se trahere, ad se transferre, sibi, or ad se vindicare: in alicujus rei societatem assumere neminem. He engrosses the eyes of all present, illum unum omnes intuentur. To engross the conversation, *sine ulla intermissione loqui: the pursuit of pleasure engrosses anybody, aliquis se totum tradidit voluptatibus: this object engrosses me, id unum ago (ut, etc.); omne studium confero ad aliquid; omni cura et cogitatione incumbo in aliquid.
To write in thick characters, aliquid nitida manu scribere (to write in a fair hand): *aliquid forensi manu scribere (in the hand in which legal papers are written): *aliquid grandibus litteris scribere (in large letters).
Forestall, coemere (to buy up): praemercari (before others can purchase any): comprimere (frumentum, for the purpose of raising the price). Vid: ENHANCE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for engross?
- The usual Latin words for “engross” are attrahō, coëmō, comprimō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.