engrosser
English
Etymology
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Locke to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for engrosser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/
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Verb
engrosser
- (colloquial, transitive) to impregnate, to knock up
- Synonym: encloquer
Conjugation
Conjugation of engrosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | engrosser | avoir engrossé | |||||
| gerund | en engrossant | en ayant engrossé | |||||
| present participle | engrossant /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | engrossé /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | 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.ɡʁos/ |
engrosses /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/ |
engrosse /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/ |
engrossions /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sjɔ̃/ |
engrossiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sje/ |
engrossent /ɑ̃.ɡʁos/ |
| imperfect1 | 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 | 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.ɡʁos/ |
— | engrossons /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.sɔ̃/ |
engrossez /ɑ̃.ɡʁo.se/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Further reading
- “engrosser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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