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in·cised

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–adjective

1.	cut into: the incised material.

2.	made by cutting: an incised pattern.

3.	Medicine/Medical. made or cut cleanly, as if surgically; not ragged: an incised wound.

4.	(of a leaf) sharply, deeply, and somewhat irregularly notched.

[Origin: 1590–1600; incise + -ed²

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in·cise

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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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adj.

Cut into a surface; engraved.
Made with or as if with a sharp instrument.
Deeply and sharply cut: the incised margin of a leaf.

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incised
adjective
1.	sharply and deeply indented
2.	cut into with a sharp instrument
3.	cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: engraved]