Associations to the word «Engrossment»

Wiktionary

ENGROSSMENT, noun. (uncountable) The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. (countable) The fact or instance of writing in a legal document.

Dictionary definition

ENGROSSMENT, noun. Complete attention; intense mental effort.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. The mental state of being preoccupied by something.
ENGROSSMENT, noun. The quality of being intent and concentrated; "the intentness of his gaze".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats