engrave has definitions from the field of printing
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[ verb ] carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface

Synonyms

inscribe grave

Examples

"engrave a pen" "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Folklore , as used by such writers , really reflects images engraved into it by the very person using it .

Related terms

carve carve character engraver

2
[ verb ] impress or affect deeply

Examples

"The event engraved itself into her memory"

Related terms

affect

3
[ verb ] carve, cut, or etch a design or letters into

Examples

"engrave the pen with the owner's name"

Related terms

carve

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[ verb ] (printing) carve, cut, or etch into a block used for printing or print from such a block

Examples

"engrave a letter"

Related terms

print stipple benday art engraving

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