incise
verb /ɪnˈsaɪz/
/ɪnˈsaɪz/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they incise | /ɪnˈsaɪz/ /ɪnˈsaɪz/ |
| he / she / it incises | /ɪnˈsaɪzɪz/ /ɪnˈsaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple incised | /ɪnˈsaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsaɪzd/ |
| past participle incised | /ɪnˈsaɪzd/ /ɪnˈsaɪzd/ |
| -ing form incising | /ɪnˈsaɪzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsaɪzɪŋ/ |
- to cut words, designs, etc. into a surface
- A is incised in/on/onto B The letters were incised in stone.
- B is incised with A The stone was incised with letters.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French inciser, from Latin incis- ‘cut into, engraved’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘into’ + caedere ‘to cut’.