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Etymology

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From German ätzen, from Proto-Germanic *atjaną (to make eat), cognate with Old Norse etja (to feed). English etch and Dutch etsen are also borrowed from German. The Germanic verb is a causative of *etaną (to eat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ætse (imperative æts, infinitive at ætse, present tense ætser, past tense ætsede, perfect tense har ætset)

  1. corrode (of an acid)
  2. (reflexive, figuratively) to influence painfully
  3. to etch (to engrave)