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<hw>En*grave"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>grave</ets> a tomb. Cf. <er>Engrave</er> to carve.]</ety> <def>To deposit in the grave; to bury.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Their corses to <i>engrave</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

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<hw>En*grave"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp.</tt> <er>Engraved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. p.</tt> <er>Engraved</er> or <er>Engraven</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Engraving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Pref. <ets>en-</ets> + <ets>grave</ets> to carve: cf. OF. <ets>engraver</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To cut in; to make by incision.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did <b>engrave</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.</def>

<blockquote>Like . . . . a signet thou <b>engrave</b> the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. <i>Ex. xxviii. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; <as>as, to <ex>engrave</ex> an inscription</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver.</def>

<blockquote><b>Engrave</b> principles in men's minds. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>En*graved"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines.</def>

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<hw>En*grave"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Engraving.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Engraved work.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Barrow.</i>

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<hw>En*grav"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood.</def>

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<hw>En*grav"er*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The trade or work of an engraver.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

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<hw>En*grav"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>