Engrave
(En*grave"), v. t. [Pref. en- + grave a tomb. Cf. Engrave to carve.] To deposit in the grave; to
bury. [Obs.] "Their corses to engrave." Spenser.
Engrave
(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. Engraved
(En*graved") a.
1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.
2. (Zoöl.) Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.
Engravement
(En*grave"ment) n.
1. Engraving.
2. Engraved work. [R.] Barrow.
Engraver
(En*grav"er) n. One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work,
especially on metal or wood.
Engravery
(En*grav"er*y) n. The trade or work of an engraver. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Engraving
(En*grav"ing), n.
1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the
like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc., in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood.
Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a
pattern or design may be printed on paper.
2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate.
3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print.
Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or
prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs.
Engregge
(En*greg"ge) v. t. [OF. engregier, from (assumed) LL. ingreviare; in + (assumed) grevis
heavy, for L. gravis. Cf. Aggravate.] To aggravate; to make worse; to lie heavy on. [Obs.] Chaucer.
