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engraven
English
Etymology 1
From engrave +? -en.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n???e?v?n/
Verb
engraven
- (obsolete) past participle of engrave
Etymology 2
en- +? grave +? -en; Alteration of engrave, influenced by verbs formed with the circumfix en- -en.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n???e?v??n/
Verb
engraven (third-person singular simple present engravens, present participle engravening, simple past and past participle engravened)
- (obsolete, chiefly literary and figurative) Engrave.
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engrave
English
Alternative forms
- ingrave
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???e?v/
- Rhymes: -e?v
- 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)
- (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
- 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."
- (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
Conjugation
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)
- (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
- So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
Anagrams
- Grevena, avenger, vernage
French
Verb
engrave
- first-person singular present indicative of engraver
- third-person singular present indicative of engraver
- first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
- third-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
- second-person singular imperative of engraver
Anagrams
- vengera
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