engross
[Anglo-French
engrosser to put (a legal document) in final form, from Medieval Latin
ingrossare, from
in grossam (put) into final form, literally, (written) in large (letter)]
: to prepare the usually final handwritten or printed text of (as a bill or resolution) esp. for final passage or approval [the amendment was ordered to be
ed "
Congressional Record"] see also
engrossed bill at
bill compare
enroll NOTE: A bill or resolution is engrossed in the Congress and some state legislatures before its third reading and final passage by one of the legislative houses. en·gross·ment n