INCISE


Meaning of INCISE in English

■ verb make a cut or cuts in (a surface).

↘cut (a mark or decoration) into a surface.

Origin

C16 (earlier (ME) as incision ): from Fr. ~r , from L. incis- , incidere 'cut into'.

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