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   En·grave

   /inˈɡrāv/

   

   verb

   • 1. cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object: "my name was engraved on the ring" Similar carveinscribecut (in)incisechiselchasescoreetchimprintimpressprintmark
   • ▪ cut or carve a text or design on (such an object): "the crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen's cipher"
   • ▪ cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing: "his drawings of public buildings were engraved by Edward Rooker"
   • ▪ be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind): "the image would be forever engraved in his memory" Similar fixsetimprintstampbrandimpressdebossembedetchingrainlodgeregisterrecord

   Word Origin late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave): from en-1, in-2 ‘in, on’ + grave3, influenced by obsolete French engraver.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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