different between lacerate vs incise

English

Etymology

From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacer?tus, past participle of lacer?.

Pronunciation

• (verb): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.ejt/
• (verb): Hyphenation: lac?er?ate
• (adjective): IPA^(key): /?læ.s?.?t/

Verb

lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)

1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound.
2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash.

Translations

Adjective

lacerate (not comparable)

1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated.

   The bract at the base is dry and papery, often lacerate near its apex.

Italian

Verb

lacerate

1. second-person plural present indicative of lacerare
2. second-person plural imperative of lacerare
3. feminine plural of lacerato

Latin

Participle

lacer?te

1. vocative masculine singular of lacer?tus

English

Alternative forms

• encise

Etymology

From Middle French inciser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?sa?z/

Verb

incise (third-person singular simple present incises, present participle incising, simple past and past participle incised)

1. (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• incised on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• scenii

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.siz/

Etymology 1

Ellipsis of proposition incise.

Noun

incise f (plural incises)

1. (grammar) A part of a sentence, set between em dashes.

Etymology 2

Verb

incise

1. first-person singular present indicative of inciser
2. third-person singular present indicative of inciser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of inciser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of inciser
5. second-person singular imperative of inciser

Italian

Verb

incise

1. plural of inciso
2. third-person singular past historic of incidere

Anagrams

• censii
• cinesi, Cinesi

Latin

Participle

inc?se

1. vocative masculine singular of inc?sus

References

• incise in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• incise in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Verb

incise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of incisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of incisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of incisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of incisar