Entry Word: engrave

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface <engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone>

Synonyms etch, grave, incise, inscribe

Related Words carve, chisel, sculpt, sculpture; chase; score

2 to produce a vivid impression of <a scar that forever engraved the killerʼs face in the witnessʼs mind>

Synonyms etch, impress, imprint, ingrain

Related Words imbue, implant, inculcate, infuse, instill