engrave

 
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈgreɪv, ɛn-/

verb

[with object]
  • cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object: my name was engraved on the ring
  • cut or carve a text or design on (a hard object): the crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen’s cipher
  • cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing: his drawings of public buildings were engraved by Edward Rooker
  • (be engraved on or in) be permanently fixed in (one’s memory or mind): the image would be forever engraved in his memory

Phrases

be engraved in stone

see stone.

Derivatives

engraver

noun

Origin:

late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave): from en-1, in-2 'in, on' + grave3, influenced by obsolete French engraver