/ ɪnˈgreɪv; NAmE / verb
[ vn ] [ often passive ] engrave A (with B) | engrave B on A to cut words or designs on wood, stone, metal, etc. :
The silver cup was engraved with his name.
His name was engraved on the silver cup.
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IDIOMS
- be engraved on / in your heart, memory, mind, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 15th cent. (formerly also as ingrave ): from en- , in- in, on + grave , engrave an inscription on a surface influenced by obsolete French engraver .