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–verb (used with object), -cised, -cis·ing.

1.	to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.

2.	to make (marks, figures, etc.) by cutting; engrave; carve.

[Origin: 1535–45; < L incīsus ptp. of incīdere to carve, cut into, equiv. to in- in-² + cīd- cut + -tus ptp. suffix, with -dt- > -s-

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in·cise Audio Help (ĭn-sīz') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es

To cut into, as with a sharp instrument: incised the tablet with chisels; a plateau that had been deeply incised by streams.
1. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
2. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.

[French inciser, from Old French enciser, from Vulgar Latin *incīsāre, frequentative of Latin incīdere, incīs- : in-, in; see in-² + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.]

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incise
verb
make an incision into by carving or cutting

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in·cise (n-sz)
v. in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es

To cut into with a sharp instrument.

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Main Entry: in·cise
Pronunciation: in-'sIz, -'sIs
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: in·cised; in·cis·ing
: to cut into : make an incision in <incised the swollen tissue>

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Incise

In*cide"\, v. t. [L. incidere; pref. in- in + caedere to cut. See Concise, and cf. Incise.] To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.

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Incise

In*cise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incised; p. pr. & vb. n. Incising.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See Incide.]

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

I on thy grave this epitaph incise. --T. Carew.

2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

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Incise

In*ci"sion\, n. [L. incisio: cf. F. incision. See Incise.]

1. The act of incising, or cutting into a substance. --Milton.

2. That which is produced by incising; the separation of the parts of any substance made by a cutting or pointed instrument; a cut; a gash.

3. Separation or solution of viscid matter by medicines. [Obs.]