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Word Meanings - ENGROSSMENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. Engrossments of power and favor. Swift. 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.

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  • APPROPRIATION
    1. The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object. 2.
  • IMPROPRIATION
    1. The act of impropriating; as, the impropriation of property or tithes; also, that which is impropriated. The act of putting an ecclesiastical benefice in the hands of a layman, or lay corporation. A benefice in the hands of a layman, or of a
  • MONOPOLY
    1. The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor
  • PREOCCUPANCY
    The act or right of taking possession before another; as, the preoccupancy of wild land.
  • PRIVILEGE
    See CHILDREN (more info) law against or in favor of an individual; privus private + lex, 1. A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment
  • PRIVILEGED
    Invested with a privilege; enjoying a peculiar right, advantage, or immunity. Privileged communication. A communication which can not be disclosed without the consent of the party making it, -- such as those made by a client to his
  • EXCLUSIVENESS
    Quality of being exclusive.
  • MONOPOLYLOGUE
    An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.
  • ENGROSSMENT
    1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. Engrossments of power and favor. Swift. 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc.
  • WATER PRIVILEGE
    The advantage of using water as a mechanical power; also, the place where water is, or may be, so used. See under Privilege.
  • DISPRIVILEGE
    To deprive of a privilege or privileges.
  • DISAPPROPRIATION
    The act of disappropriating.
  • MISAPPROPRIATION
    Wrong appropriation; wrongful use.

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