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engrossment

noun
/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/

Etymology

From engross + -ment.

  1. derived from *ghrewə-✻
  2. derived from *grautaz✻
  3. derived from *graut✻
  4. derived from grōz
  5. derived from ingrossō
  6. derived from engrosser
  7. inherited from engrossen
  8. suffixed as engrossment — “engross + ment”

Definitions

  1. The state of being engrossed

    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.

  2. The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or…

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

  3. Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for engrossment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA