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in⋅cise

  [in-sahyz]
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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   (ĭn-sīz')   
tr.v.   in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es

  1. 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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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·cise (ĭn-sīz')
v. in·cised, in·cis·ing, in·cis·es
To cut into with a sharp instrument.

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