INCISE


Meaning of INCISE in English

/ ɪnˈsaɪz; NAmE / verb

[ vn ] incise sth (in / on / onto sth) ( formal ) to cut words, designs, etc. into a surface

—compare engrave

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 16th cent.: from French inciser , from Latin incis- cut into, engraved, from the verb incidere , from in- into + caedere to cut.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.