engrave Syllabification: (en·grave)Pronunciation: /enˈgrāv/Translate engrave | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of engrave verb [with object] (usually be engraved) 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 (such an object). cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing. (be engraved on or in) be permanently fixed in (one’s memory or mind):the image would be forever engraved in his memoryPhrases 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 engraverengrave in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of engrave in the British & World English dictionary
