engrave

English

Alternative forms

• ingrave

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/

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• Rhymes: -eɪv
• Hyphenation: en‧grave

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 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."

2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.

   He engraved his name.

Synonyms

• (carve (text or symbols) into): carve, etch, inscribe

Translations

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, “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 [...].

Anagrams

• Grevena, avenger, vernage

French

Verb

engrave

1. inflection of engraver:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• vengera