grossare

grossare [cf. OF grosser, ME grosen; cf. ingrossare] 1 to enlarge, thicken, reinforce. b (pass.) to grow fat (in quot., fig.). 1372 in collo fusilli ‥ ~ando cum ferro (v. collum 3); to make grette, ~are, magnificare, majorare CathA.  b sic se nunc homines vendunt, quasi sint meretrices, / prospera dum Veneris larga sit illa manus: / sic sub mendaci specie grossantur [vv. ll. grassantur, crassantur] amoris, / perque nephas tale lucra pudenda petunt Gower VC VII 167. 2 to bring (fragments) together (into whole). oportet ‥ secundum Augustinum ~are minucias fractas [scripture] ‥ in sua integra, ex quibus sensus scripture colligitur Wycl. Ver. I 79. 3 to engross, draw up formal copy of (doc.). 1261 ut literam executoriam jam ~atam dirigendam domino Cant’ ‥ juberet expedire (AncC III 17b) RL II 189; 1311 non ‥ fiat remissio si contigerit ~ari instrumentum ut hic, set scribatur totus tenor Conc. Syn. 1311; 1331 ad compotum ‥ ~andum hucusque procedere distulistis Cl 151 m. 13; bullas ~are nec liberare sine precepto ‥ pape Hist. Roff. 7v; 1404 ego J. de S. ‥ presenti publico instrumento ‥ quod scribi et ~ari per alium feci ‥ me subscripsi Foed. VIII 368a. 4 to buy up (goods, wholesale). b (p. ppl. as sb. n.) a gross; v. et. 2 grossus 26d. 1419 quod ‥ mercatores ‥ vasa vacua pro vino que reperire poterunt emunt ‥ ut si [? l. sic] maximam partem vendagii istius patrie pro hoc anno emerent et ~arent (RNorm) Foed. IX 795a (cf. ib.: ne quis ‥ mercator ‥ aliquod vinum ‥ emat, colligat, seu ~et).  b 1427 quod ‥ ad usum ‥ regis Scocie ‥ xij ~ata ligularum ‥ emere ‥ possint RScot II 262a.