Engrave

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: en=grave

CIDE DICTIONARY

Engrave, v. t. [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.].

 To deposit in the grave; to bury.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

Engrave, v. t. [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.].

•  To cut in; to make by incision.  [1913 Webster]

  "Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh
  He did engrave."  [1913 Webster]
•  To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.  [1913 Webster]

  "Like . . . . a signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel."  [1913 Webster]
•  To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.  [1913 Webster]
•  To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.  [1913 Webster]

  "Engrave principles in men's minds."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Engrave, v.tr.
1 (often foll. by on) inscribe, cut, or carve (a text or design) on a hard surface.
2 (often foll. by with) inscribe or ornament (a surface) in this way.
3 cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing.
4 (often foll. by on) impress deeply on a person's memory etc.

Derivative

engraver n.

Etymology

EN-(1) + GRAVE(3)

THESAURUS

Engrave

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, cast, catalog, chalk, chalk up, chamfer, channel, character, chase, check, check in, check off, chisel, chronicle, cicatrize, confirm, corrugate, crack, crease, cribble, crimp, crosshatch, cut, dado, dapple, dash, deep-dye, define, delimit, demarcate, dent, depress, diamond, dike, dimple, dint, discolor, ditch, docket, dot, embed, enchase, engraft, engrave on, enroll, enscroll, enter, entrench, establish, etch, feather, figure, file, filigree, fill out, fix, flag, fleck, flounce, flower, flute, found, freckle, furrow, garland, gash, gem, get out, goffer, gouge, grave, groove, ground, gully, hatch, hectograph, illuminate, impact, impanel, implant, impress, impress upon, imprint, incise, inculcate, indent, index, infix, ingrain, inscribe, insculpture, insert, instill, issue, jam, jewel, jot down, line, list, lithograph, lodge, log, make a mark, make a memorandum, make a note, make an entry, make it felt, make out, make prints, mark, mark down, mark off, mark out, matriculate, mimeograph, minute, model, mold, mottle, multigraph, nick, notch, note, note down, overprint, pack, paint, pencil, pepper, pit, place upon record, plant, pleat, plow, plume, pock, pockmark, point, poll, post, post up, press in, prick, print, proof, prove, publish, pull, pull a proof, punch, punch in, punctuate, puncture, put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, put out, put to bed, put to press, rabbet, recess, record, reduce to writing, register, reissue, reprint, ribbon, riddle, rifle, root, run, run off, rut, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scrape, scratch, sculp, sculpt, sculpture, seal, seam, seat, set, set back, set down, set in, settle, slit, solder, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, stain, stamp, stamp on, stereotype, stigmatize, stipple, streak, striate, strike, stripe, tabulate, take down, tamp, tape, tape-record, tattoo, tick, tick off, tinsel, tool, trace, trench, trough, underline, underscore, videotape, wedge, weld, wreathe, wrinkle, write, write down, write in, write out, write up

ROGET THESAURUS

Engrave

Furrow

VB furrow, flute, plow, incise, engrave, etch, bite in.

Indication

VB indicate, be the sign, of, denote, betoken, argue, testify, bear the impress, of, connote, connotate, represent, stand for, typify, symbolize, put an indication, put a mark, note, mark, stamp, earmark, blaze, label, ticket, docket, dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk, print, imprint, impress, engrave, stereotype, make a sign, signalize, underscore, give a signal, hang out a signal, beckon, nod, wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink, gesticulate, raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand, saw the air, suit the action to the word, wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner, wave the hand, wave a kerchief, give the cue, show one's colors, give an alarm, sound an alarm, beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry, sign, seal, attest, underline, call attention to, give notice.

Representation

VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.

Engraving

VB engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch, bite, bite in, lithograph, print.