engrave
See also: engravé
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Etymology 1 edit
From earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- + grave (“to carve, engrave”). More at grave.
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engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)
- (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
- He engraved the plaque with his name.
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
- (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
- He engraved his name.
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carve text or symbols into (something)
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Etymology 2 edit
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engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)
- (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].
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engrave
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