engrossment

English

Alternative forms

• ingrossment (historical or archaic)

Etymology

From engross +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/

Noun

engrossment (countable and uncountable, plural engrossments)

1. (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 201:

     I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.

2. (countable, law) The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
3. (countable, law, informal) Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.