ENGRAVE
\ɛnɡɹˈe͡ɪv], \ɛnɡɹˈeɪv], \ɛ_n_ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_v]\
Definitions of ENGRAVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
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carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into; "engrave the pen with the owner's name"
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carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
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impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
By Princeton University
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To deposit in the grave; to bury.
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To cut in; to make by incision.
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To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
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To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
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To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
By Oddity Software
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To deposit in the grave; to bury.
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To cut in; to make by incision.
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To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
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To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.
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To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Engraver.
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To cut out with a graver a representation of anything on wood, steel, etc.: to imprint: to impress deeply.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald