Engrave

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪv

Alternative forms

• ingrave

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

Full definition of engrave

Verb

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

From - + grave.

Verb

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