engrave

See also: engravé

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪv

Etymology 1

From earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- +‎ grave (“to carve, engrave”). More at grave.

Verb

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

  1. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
    He engraved the plaque with his name.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
      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."
  2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
    He engraved his name.
Synonyms
Translations
carve text or symbols into (something)

Etymology 2

From en- +‎ grave.

Verb

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

  1. (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
      So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].

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French

Verb

engrave

  1. first-person singular present indicative of engraver
  2. third-person singular present indicative of engraver
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
  5. second-person singular imperative of engraver

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