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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

... would never dare To hear your music ev'ry day; With those great bursts that send my nerves In waves to pound my heart away; And those small notes that run like mice Bewitched by light; else on those keys— My tombs of song—you should engrave: 'My music, stronger than his own, Has made this ...

— Georgian Poetry 1918-19 • Various

... they through London took their marches, And burnt the city down with torches; Yet all invisible they were, Clad in their coats of Lapland air. The sniffling Whig-mayor Patience Ward To this damn'd lie paid such regard, That he his godly masons sent, T' engrave it round the Monument: They did so; but let such things pass— His men were fools, ...

— London and the Kingdom - Volume II • Reginald R. Sharpe

... description of the hawthorn on Bourges Cathedral? "A perfect Niobe of May." Had this man petrified in his youth before the steady stylus of time left on his features that subtle tracery which passing years engrave on human faces? The motto of his magazine, Veritas sine clementia, ruled his life, and, putting aside the lenses of passion and prejudice, he coolly, quietly, relentlessly judged men and women and their works; neither loving nor hating, pitying nor despising his ...

— St. Elmo • Augusta J. Evans

... the coldest, hardest stone; It needs no fashion—it is Washington. But if you chisel, let the stroke be rude, And on his heart engrave—"Ingratitude."' ...

— In the Name of the Bodleian and Other Essays • Augustine Birrell

... thou trembledst, and calledst him 'one lost in sin.' Knowest thou, my son, from sin comes penitence, and from penitence elevation and purification. Thou art called and chosen to convert sinners, and lead back the earth-born child to heaven. Engrave these words upon thy memory, fill thy soul with them, as with glowing flames, repeat them in solitude the entire day, then heavenly spirits will arise and whisper the revelations of the future. Then, when thou art consecrated, I will introduce thee into the sacred halls ...

— Old Fritz and the New Era • Louise Muhlbach

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