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Definition of engross : 1. To amass.
2. 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; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
3. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity.
4. 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; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
5. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.

Synonyms:

invade, suck, rent, lodge in, mesh, inscribe, engulf, plunk, dunk, occupy, take up, pursue, prosecute, douse, imbibe, write, charter, interest, concern, lock, reside, souse, steep, preoccupy, dump, swallow up, lease, scribe, hire, betroth, worry, bury, absorb, take in, fill, soak up, employ, immerse, wage, engage, suck up, eat up, assimilate, swallow, excite, ingest, sop up, indite, launch, take over, plight, dip, plunge, awareness, take, drink up, affiance, dive, operate, use up, consume, remember, drink in, exhaust, enlist, busy, monopolize, infuse

attract, pull, drag, invite, draw, enchant, seduce, lure, entice, magnetize, allure, captivate, charm

fascinate, astonish, marvel, gape, gawk, stare, astound, bewilder, wonder

Usage examples:

• If Alan Wyverne chooses to betray so soon the girl to whom he has plighted faith, I do not see why one of his old loves should engross all the treachery." - "Barren Honour: A Novel", George A. Lawrence.
• He had many engagements in London always, and I must not attempt to engross his time. - "Erema My Father's Sin", R. D. Blackmore.
• He demanded that they should be provided for him, together with a clerk to engross his defence. - "Project Gutenberg History of The Netherlands, 1555-1623, Complete", John Lothrop Motley.