engrossment

noun — 3 senses

engrossment

noun

/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/

Etymology From engross + -ment.

1

The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.

  • I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 201:
2

Law The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.

3

Law Informal Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.

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