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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; < Latin incīsus past participle of incīdere to carve, cut into, equivalent to in- in-2 + cīd- cut + -tus past participle suffix, with -dt- > -s-
1535–45; < Latin incīsus past participle of incīdere to carve, cut into, equivalent to in- in-2 + cīd- cut + -tus past participle suffix, with -dt- > -s-
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incise in·cise (ĭn-sīz')
v. in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es
To cut into with a sharp instrument.
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