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en·grave
(ĕn-grāv′)
tr.v.en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves
1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy.
2. To carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into: engraved the silver watch with my monogram.
3.
a. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.
b. To print from a block or plate made by such a process.
4. To impress deeply as if by carving or etching: The experience was engraved into his memory.
en·grav′er n.
engrave
(ɪnˈɡreɪv)
vb (tr)
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to inscribe (a design, writing, etc) onto (a block, plate, or other surface used for printing) by carving, etching with acid, or other process
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) to print (designs or characters) from a printing plate so made
3. to fix deeply or permanently in the mind
[C16: from en-1 + grave3, on the model of French engraver]
enˈgravern
en•grave
(ɛnˈgreɪv)
v.t. -graved, -grav•ing.
1. to cut or etch (designs, etc.) into a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood.
2. to print from such a surface.
3. to ornament with incised letters, designs, etc.: to engrave a ring with a floral pattern.
engrave - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
engrave - impress or affect deeply; "The event engraved itself into her memory"
impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
3.
engrave - carve or cut into a block used for printing or print from such a block; "engrave a letter"
artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
chip at, carve - engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark"
engrave, inscribe, grave, scratch - carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
1. to cut (letters or designs) on stone, wood, metal etc. They engraved his initials on the silver cup. graveer يَحْفُر издълбавам gravar (vy)rýt gravieren indgravere; præge χαράζωgrabar graveerima حک کردن kaivertaa graver לַחֲרוֹט खोदना urezati, rezbariti bevés mengukir grafa, rista incidere, intagliare 彫る 조각하다 (iš)graviruoti, iškalti iegravēt ukir graverengravere, prege innwyryć, wygrawerować كيندل (لكه دمهر)، حل كول، توږل gravar a grava гравировать vyryť vrezati gravirati [in]gravera, rista in สลัก kazmak, oymak 雕刻 гравірувати نقش کرنا khắc; chạm 雕刻
2. to decorate (metal etc) in this way. He engraved the silver cup. graveer يُزَيِّن بالحَفْر гравирам gravar vyzdobit rytím gravieren præge διακοσμώ με σκάλισμα grabar graveerima حکاکی کردن kaivertaa graver לַחֲרוֹט अंकित करना gravirati bevés, gravíroz mengukir grafa á, rista á cesellare 彫って装飾する 장식하다 (iš)graviruoti iegravēt hias graverengravere pokryć grawerunkiem كيندل gravar a grava гравировать vyzdobiť rytím vrezati utisnuti gravera สลักตกแต่ง kabartma işiyle süslemek (在金屬板上)刻上圖案 вирізати تزئین کرنا chạm hình trang trí （在金属板上）刻上图案
Famine Stela at Sehel Island in Aswan- Egypt Today/Mahmoud Sheleib The famine story had been engraved on a granite stone in 250 BC during the era of Ptolemy V on the Sehel Island, Aswan.
