Engrossment

Engrossment
Engrossment En*gross"ment, n. 1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. [1913 Webster]

Engrossments of power and favor. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc. [1913 Webster]


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  • engrossment — index compulsion (obsession), contemplation, notice (heed), obsession, preoccupation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wil …   Law dictionary

  • engrossment — /en grohs meuhnt/, n. 1. the act of engrossing. 2. the state of being engrossed or absorbed: to read with engrossment. 3. an engrossed copy of a document. [1520 30; ENGROSS + MENT] * * * …   Universalium

  • engrossment — noun Date: 1526 1. the act of engrossing 2. the state of being absorbed or occupied ; preoccupation …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • engrossment — noun /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/ a) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation. b) The fact or instance of writing in a legal document …   Wiktionary

  • engrossment — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. intentness, preoccupation, study; see reflection 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Total occupation of the attention or of the mind: absorption, enthrallment, immersion, preoccupation, prepossession. See EXCITE …   English dictionary for students

  • engrossment — en gross·ment || mÉ™nt n. act of buying wholesale to create a monopoly; state of being completely absorbed or occupied; act of writing a document in large clear letters or in a formal style; document which has been engrossed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • engrossment — noun Law the final version of a legal document …   English new terms dictionary

  • engrossment — n. 1. Absorption, monopoly forestalling. 2. Engrossed copy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • engrossment — n 1. absorption, absorbing, immersion, immersing; preoccupation, preoccupying, obsession, obsessing, consumption, consuming, devourment, devouring, Inf. bag, Sl. hang up; involvement, involving, occupation, occupying, engagement, engaging,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • engrossment — en·gross·ment …   English syllables

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