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单词 engrave
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engravev.

Brit. /ᵻnˈɡreɪv/, /ɛnˈɡreɪv/, /ᵻŋˈɡreɪv/, /ɛŋˈɡreɪv/, U.S. /ᵻnˈɡreɪv/, /ɛnˈɡreɪv/
Forms: past participle engraved, engraven. Also 1500s Sc. ingraif, 1500s–1700s ingrave; past participle 1500s ingrave, 1500s–1700s ingraved, 1500s–1800s ingraven.
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + grave v.1; after the equivalent French engraver (13–17th cent.). (The strong past participle engraven is now somewhat archaic or formal.)
1. trans. To sculpture; to portray or represent by sculpture. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > sculpt or carve [verb (transitive)] > an image or design
carveOE
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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 305v For his surname, Cicero, he engraved the figure and proporcion of a cicer.
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (iii.) f. 35v For ye shall make ye no image, saithe the Lorde, nor engraue non, nor set vp non.
1583 J. Lyly Epist. T. Watson in T. Watson Poems (1870) 30 Lysippus engraued Vulcan with a streight legge.
1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 904/2 The kings my predecessors and ancestors, whose pictures are ingrauen and set heere in order within this hall.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. ix. §1. 370 His Sepulcher remained in S. Hieromes time, and ouer it the Sunne ingrauen.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. ii. 15 Vpon the which..Shall be engrau'd the sacke of Orleance.
2.
a. To cut into (a hard material). Obsolete. rare.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > cut [verb (transitive)]
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slitc1275
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ritc1300
chop1362
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cut and carvea1398
flash?a1400
flish?a1400
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race?a1425
raise?a1425
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ranch?a1525
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mincea1560
rash?1565
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carbonade1634
insecta1652
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bite-
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. viii. sig. Kk6v That seemes rough Masons hand with engines keene Had long while laboured it to engraue.
b. To mark by incisions; to inscribe with incised characters; to ornament with incised marks.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > incise (marks or figures) [verb (transitive)] > incise (a surface)
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engrail1548
incise1567
re-engravea1631
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intaglio1847
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia Isagoge sig. E8v Others that yeeld to iron may be Ingraven.
1832 Ld. Tennyson Œnone in Poems (new ed.) 55 Behold this fruit, whose gleaming rind ingrav'n ‘For the most fair’.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help v. 104 To engrave spoons and forks with crests and ciphers.
3.
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a. To carve (an inscription, figures, etc.) upon a surface; hence, to record by engraved or incised letters; also fig.
b. To make (wounds, cavities) by incision.
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1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 42 A golden aple with this poysee written or engraved about it.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 42 We have perfecte knowelage of no more then is engraven in our memorie.
1578 J. Banister Hist. Man i. f. 24 The first & extremest ribbes..haue likewise lesser cauities or gutters, to their substaunce engraued.
1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. I4v But we shall soone with our fine tempered swords, Engraue our prowesse on their buganets.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. iii. 127 The Decemvirall lawes..they set up openly to be seene, engraven in brasse.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. ii. 11 As he had engraven upon his wife's tomb.
1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 116 His coat of arms engraved upon the seal.
1856 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 10 May in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. iv. 18 A cross engraven along its whole length.
β. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) v. v. 45 Twa syluer coppis schapyn lyke a boyt..and with fyguris ingrave [1553 engraif].1557 New Test. (Geneva) Epist. *iij In all partes of the worlde, he..as it were ingraued the glorie of his might.1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xii. 251 The fatall steele..he waues Deepe in his guts, and wounds on wounds ingraues.1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 41 The old Carver..had ingraven his own Name and Portraiture..in the Shield of Pallas.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. ii. 63 If their Crimes had been ingraven in some Plate of Iron or Brass. View more context for this quotation1738 J. Wesley Short Hymns (1762) I. 355 Ingraven with an iron pen My name upon Thy hands is seen.
c. fig. To impress deeply; to fix indelibly.
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the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > fix the attention, concentrate [verb (transitive)] > implant, fix
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inviscerate1626
arresta1667
α.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xxx. xii In my mynde..I had engraved Her goodly countenaunce.
1633 G. Herbert Nature in Temple iii O smooth my rugged heart, and there Engrave thy rev'rend law.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 27 Whose penetrating style has engraved..in our hearts, the words and spirit of that immortal law. View more context for this quotation
1875 F. A. G. Ouseley Treat. Musical Form iii. 30 To engrave them on his memory.
β. 1513 T. More Richard III (1641) 240 By love or by grudge ingraved and imprinted in your heart.1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion i. 2 And in your dreadfull verse ingrau'd the prophecies.a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vii. §2. 52 It is naturally ingrauen into the mindes of all men, to beleeue There is a God.a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 115 A Prince's Name is surer preserved, and more deeply ingraven in Paper, than in..rusting Medals.
4. To represent (a figure, landscape, etc.) by lines incised upon metal plates (in mod. use, also by lines carved in relief on wood blocks) with the view of reproducing it by printing. Also absol.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > engrave [verb (transitive)]
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sculp1683
1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 199 Cause the best of your statues..to be..engraven in copper.
1683 J. Ray Corr. (1848) 132 Whether he designs to engrave and publish any of those icons.
a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 59 He hath caused distinct Maps to be made of every Barony..engraven in Copper.
1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (O.H.S.) II. 20 Dr. Sacheverell's Picture has been ingrav'd several Times.
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. Advt. Prospects of the Church and Monuments curiously engraven.
1821 Turner's Easy Introd. Arts & Sci. (ed. 18) 73 How do people engrave on wood?
1827–32 J. M. W. Turner (title) Picturesque Views in England and Wales, engraved by the best artists.
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