/in suyz"/ , v.t., incised, incising .
1. to cut into; cut marks, figures, etc., upon.
2. to make (marks, figures, etc.) by cutting; engrave; carve.
[ 1535-45; incisus ptp. of incidere to carve, cut into, equiv. to in- IN- 2 + cid- cut + -tus ptp. suffix, with -dt- > -s- ]