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Engrave   /ɪngrˈeɪv/   Listen
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Engrave  v. t.  To deposit in the grave; to bury. (Obs.) "Their corses to engrave."



Engrave  v. t.  (past engraved; past part. engraved or engraven; pres. part. engraving)  
1.
To cut in; to make by incision. (Obs.) "Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave."
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."
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."






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... year (1845) Chopin's Op. 57, Berceuse, and Op. 58, Sonate (B minor). The compositions spoken of in this and the next two letters are Op. 55, Deux Nocturnes, and Op. 56, Trois Mazurkas.] to take them for the same price, 600 francs, I believe that he (Schlesinger) will engrave them. They must be published on the 20th. But you know it is only necessary to register the title on that day. I ask your pardon for troubling you with all these things. I love you, and apply to you as I would to my brother. Embrace ...
— Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician - Volume 1-2, Complete • Frederick Niecks

... will engrave our own money. Beside there will be an influx of money from England. About half the workers are affiliated to English unions and entitled to strike pay. We have, by the way, felt the sympathy of the union men in the army sent ...
— What's the Matter with Ireland? • Ruth Russell

... do they not put forth something similar to what we have done for our Museum Marbles? Or rather, speaking more correctly, why are not the Marlborough Gems considered as an object of rivalry, by the curators of this exquisite cabinet? Paris is not wanting both in artists who design, and who engrave, in this department, with at least ...
— A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two • Thomas Frognall Dibdin

... photographer's apparatus fitted with its sensitized glass. Objects insufficiently lighted up make no impression upon the virgin plates; but when a vivid splendor falls upon them, and when they are encircled by disks of light, these once dim objects now engrave themselves upon the glass. My first recollections are of bright summer days and sparkling noon times,—or more truly, are recollections of the light of wood fires burning with ...
— The Story of a Child • Pierre Loti

... late one, which in its section of country caused considerable anxiety and stir among this oppressed people. About the close of July an article appeared in the Mercury, edited by Colonel A. G. Horn, at Meridian, Mississippi, in which occurs the following: "We would like to engrave a prophecy on stone, to be read by generations in the future. The negroes in these States will be slaves again or cease to be. Their sole refuge from extinction will be in slavery to the white man." Do not forget, dear reader, that though ignorant, as a large majority of ex-slaves are, yet their ...
— A Woman's Life-Work - Labors and Experiences • Laura S. Haviland


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