/ 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.