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verb

Engrave v. t. To deposit in the grave; to bury. (Obs.) "Their corses to engrave."

Engrave v. t. (past engraved; past part. engraved or engraven; pres. part. engraving)

To cut in; to make by incision. (Obs.) "Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave."

To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. "Like... a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel."

To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. "Engrave principles in men's minds."

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Etymology of 'Engrave'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Engrave" Quotes from Famous Books

... sensitized glass. Objects insufficiently lighted up make no impression upon the virgin plates; but when a vivid splendor falls upon them, and when they are encircled by disks of light, these once dim objects now engrave themselves upon the glass. My first recollections are of bright summer days and sparkling noon times,—or more truly, are recollections of the light of wood fires burning ...

— The Story of a Child • Pierre Loti

... chisel, the grain, running now one way, now another, which is given to the porous skin by the close-packed bone and muscle below. Moreover, it is so docile, so soft, yet so resistant, that the iron can cut it like butter or engrave it lightly like agate; so that the shadows may pour deep into chasms and pools, or run over the surface in a network of shallow threads; light and shade becoming the artist's material as much ...

— Renaissance Fancies and Studies - Being a Sequel to Euphorion • Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)

... scientific book the drawings of diagrams were as important as the writing. As soon as John realized that, he could not resist the temptation to try his hand at inventing a machine which should properly engrave the plates he was drawing. It was pure delight to him to exercise his wits on such a problem, and as a result in a short time he had made a machine for engraving plates which was used successfully in preparing the illustrations for ...

— Historic Boyhoods • Rupert Sargent Holland

... performed in such a manner as to do him honour; for otherwise I should by no means consent. One great difficulty would be to procure a person equal to the making a drawing from it, as the subject is a very difficult one. Hogarth had it for a year with an intention to engrave it, and even went so far as almost to finish the plate, which, as he told me himself, he broke into pieces upon finding that after many trials he could not bring the woman's head to answer his idea, or to resemble the picture.' The lady, let us note, ...

— Art in England - Notes and Studies • Dutton Cook

... misgovernment would be avoided if all legislators and all voters would engrave these wholesome definitions upon their minds. In connection with the books just mentioned much detailed and valuable information may be found in the collections of essays edited by J.W. Probyn, Local Government and Taxation [in various ...

— Civil Government in the United States Considered with - Some Reference to Its Origins • John Fiske

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