Engrossment

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  • n. The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
  • n. The fact or instance of writing in a legal document.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of engrossing.
  • n. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of engrossing; the appropriation of things in large or undue quantities; exorbitant acquisition.
  • n. The act of copying out in large fair or ornamental characters: as, the engrossment of a deed, or of a testimonial.
  • n. The copy of an instrument or writing made in large fair characters.
  • n. The state of being engrossed or entirely occupied about something, to the exclusion of other things; appropriation; absorption.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being intent and concentrated
  • n. complete attention; intense mental effort
  • n. the mental state of being preoccupied by something
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