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ingross

ingross verb: prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, to engross a Parliamentary bill prior to royal assent by preparing it on a roll, incorporating any amendments. Also the archaic form of engross.

Verb

ingross (third-person singular simple present ingrosses, present participle ingrossing, simple past and past participle ingrossed)

  1. (UK, historical) Prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, to engross a Parliamentary bill prior to royal assent by preparing it on a roll, incorporating any amendments.

Also used as

ingross is also the archaic form of engross.

Forms of ingross

third-person singular presentingrosses
present participleingrossing
past participleingrossed
pastingrossed

Questions about ingross

What does ingross mean?
Ingross means prior to the abolition of inrollment in 1849, to engross a Parliamentary bill prior to royal assent by preparing it on a roll, incorporating any amendments.
What part of speech is ingross?
Ingross is a verb.
What is the past tense of ingross?
The past tense of ingross is ingrossed.

Words near ingross in the dictionary

  1. Ingrid
  2. ingroove
  3. ingrooved
  4. ingrooves
  5. ingrooving
  6. ingross
  7. ingrosse
  8. ingrossed
  9. ingrosser
  10. ingrossers
  11. ingrosses

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