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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
en·grav·ing       [en-grey-ving] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the act or art of a person who or thing that engraves.
2.the art of forming designs by cutting, corrosion by acids, a photographic process, etc., on the surface of a metal plate, block of wood, or the like, for or as for the purpose of taking off impressions or prints of the design so formed.
3.the design engraved.
4.an engraved plate or block.
5.an impression or print from this.
[Origin: 1595–1605; engrave + -ing1]
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en·grave       [en-greyv] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -graved, -grav·ing.
1.to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood: She had the jeweler engrave her name on the back of the watch.
2.to print from such a surface.
3.to mark or ornament with incised letters, designs, etc.: He engraved the ring in a floral pattern.
4.to impress deeply; infix: That image is engraved on my mind.
[Origin: 1500–10; < MF engraver; see en-1, grave3]

—Related forms
en·grav·a·ble, adjective
en·grav·er, noun
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en·grave       (ěn-grāv')  Pronunciation Key 
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.
    1. To carve, cut, or etch into a block or surface used for printing.
    2. 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.
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en·grav·ing       (ěn-grā'vĭng)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. The art or technique of one that engraves.
  2. A design or text engraved on a surface.
  3. An engraved surface for printing.
  4. A print made from an engraved plate or block.

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engraving

noun
1. a print made from an engraving 
2. a block or plate or other hard surface that has been engraved 
3. making engraved or etched plates and printing designs from them 

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engraving

An artistic print made from a metal plate on which an artist has cut a design with a graver or a small chisel. (Compare etching.)


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Engraving

En*grave"\, v. t. [imp. Engraved; p. p. Engraved or Engraven; p. pr. & vb. n. Engraving.] [Pref. en- + grave to carve: cf. OF. engraver.]

1. To cut in; to make by incision. [Obs.]

Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave. --Spenser.

2. 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. --Ex. xxviii. 11.

3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription.

4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.

Engrave principles in men's minds. --Locke.

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