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Meanings of engrave in English

Portuguese
estampar
Catalan
gravar
Spanish
inscribir

Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.

        estampar
        Portuguese
        gravar
        Spanish
        grabar

        Carve or cut a design or letters into.

              gravar
              Usage of engrave in English
              1
              Must we engrave on that column: We repealed the Declaration of Independence.
              Public Speaking: Principles and Practice
              2
              Certain details engrave themselves upon the tablets of recollection by their persistence.
              Kai Lung's Golden Hours
              3
              Yet fewer than 20 people in Britain still engrave by hand.
              BBC
              4
              Therefore, engrave on the tablets of your resolution this determination and single standard:
              Writing for Vaudeville
              5
              You will oblige me by recommending the engraver to engrave it very spaciously.
              Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 / from Paris to Rome: Years o...
              6
              It is now generally accepted that Dürer did not himself engrave on wood.
              Albert Dürer
              7
              The notes seemed to engrave their pleasant, calm selves on the still air.
              IT
              8
              Tab'let, a small, flat piece of anything on which to write or engrave.
              McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader
              9
              Then Shrem asked his father, a jeweler, engrave the private key on a ring.
              Wired
              10
              Gone are the days of using a hammer and chisel to engrave a headstone.
              Radio NZ
              11
              In tablets thus pure, engrave the name of Tamsen Donner.
              History of the Donner Party: A Tragedy of the Sierra
              12
              How I wished that Isis would guide me, engrave her words on my hands.
              Song of the Nile
              13
              Several concrete rectangles engrave the lawn, and at end a concrete cross towers above.
              Radio NZ
              14
              These are words engraved in the American mind and the American character.
              The Irish Times
              15
              On the walls are engraved the names of the thousands of victims.
              Reuters
              16
              The instinct of murder is deeply engraved in the heart of nature.
              Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
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              Translations for engrave
              Portuguese
              estampargravar
              Engrave through the time
              Engrave across language varieties
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