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engrave

verb

1 engrave

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface:
— Engrave a pen.
— Engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name.

synonyms: grave, inscribe, scratch.

Roget 558: engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph etc. n.; print.   

Roget 554: represent, delineate; depict, depicture; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness etc. n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; ... show more

Roget 550: indicate; be the sign etc. n.. of; denote, betoken; argue, testify etc. (evidence) 467; bear the impress etc. ... show more

Dutch: krabben

2 engrave

Impress or affect deeply.

3 engrave

Carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block:
— Engrave a letter.

synonym: etch.

Roget 259: furrow etc. n.; flute, plow; incise, engrave, etch, bite in.   

4 engrave

Carve or cut a design or letters into:
— Engrave the pen with the owner's name.

synonym: etch.


Moby thesaurus: assemble, autolithograph, be a printmaker, bead, bed, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, book, brand, bring home to, bring out, calendar, canal, canalize, carve ... show more.

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