engrave

See also engravé

English

Alternative forms

• ingrave

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪv

Etymology 1

From earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- +‎ grave (“to carve, engrave”). More at grave.

Verb

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

1. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.

   He engraved the plaque with his name.

2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.

   He engraved his name.

Synonyms

• (carve (text or symbols) into): carve, etch, inscribe

Translations

carve text or symbols into (something)

• Bulgarian: гравирам (bg) (gravíram) 
• Catalan: gravar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雕刻 (cmn) (diāokè), 鐫刻 (cmn), 镌刻 (cmn) (juānkè)

• Dutch: graveren (nl)
• Finnish: kaivertaa (fi)
• French: graver (fr)
• German: gravieren (de)
• Greek: χαράσσω (el) (charásso) 

• Japanese: 刻む (ja) (きざむ, kizamu), 彫り込む (ja) (ほりこむ, horikomu), 彫刻する (ja) (ちょうこくする, chōkoku suru)
• Latin: insigno (la)
• Luxembourgish: gravéieren (lb)
• Norwegian: gravere (no)
• Russian: гравировать (ru) (gravirovátʹ) , высекать (ru) (vysekátʹ) , вырезать (ru) (vyrezátʹ) 
• Serbo-Croatian: ugravirati (sh), угравирати (sh)
• Spanish: grabar (es)
• Swedish: gravera (sv), karva (sv), etsa (sv)

Etymology 2

From en- +‎ grave.

Verb

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

1. (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:

     So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].

Anagrams

• avenger, Grevena, vernage

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French

Verb

engrave

1. first-person singular present indicative of engraver
2. third-person singular present indicative of engraver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of engraver
5. second-person singular imperative of engraver

Anagrams

• vengera