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Engrosser
En-gross′er
,Noun.
1.
One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.
2.
One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
Locke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Engrosser
ENGRO'SSER
,Noun.
1.
One who copies a writing in large, fair characters.Definition 2024
engrosser
engrosser
English
Noun
engrosser (plural engrossers)
- One who copies a piece of writing in large, attractive characters.
- One who takes the whole; a purchaser of such quantities in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller.
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French
Pronunciation
Verb
engrosser
- (colloquial, transitive) to impregnate, to knock up
Conjugation
Conjugation of engrosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | engrosser | avoir engrossé | |||||
| gerund | en engrossant | en ayant engrossé | |||||
| present participle | engrossant /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | engrossé /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrosses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrossons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
engrossez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.se/ |
engrossent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
| imperfect | engrossais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɛ/ |
engrossais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɛ/ |
engrossait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɛ/ |
engrossions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
engrossiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sje/ |
engrossaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | engrossai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.se/ |
engrossas /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sa/ |
engrossa /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sa/ |
engrossâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sam/ |
engrossâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sat/ |
engrossèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | engrosserai /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁe/ |
engrosseras /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁa/ |
engrossera /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁa/ |
engrosserons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
engrosserez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁe/ |
engrosseront /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | engrosserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
engrosserais /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
engrosserait /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
engrosserions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engrosseriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sə.ʁje/ |
engrosseraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrosses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
engrossions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sjɔ̃/ |
engrossiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sje/ |
engrossent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
| imperfect1 |
engrossasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sas/ |
engrossasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sas/ |
engrossât /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sa/ |
engrossassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
engrossassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sa.sje/ |
engrossassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔs/ |
— | engrossons /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.sɔ̃/ |
engrossez /ɑ̃.ɡʁɔ.se/ |
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