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incise

See also: incisé

English

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Incised votive plaque, Nippur

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Etymology

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From Middle French inciser.[1]

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Verb

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incise (third-person singular simple present incises, present participle incising, simple past and past participle incised)

  1. (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂eyd- (0 c, 31 e)

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “incise”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Anagrams

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Ellipsis of proposition incise.

Noun

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incise f (plural incises)

  1. (grammar) a part of a sentence, set between em dashes

Etymology 2

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Verb

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incise

  1. inflection of inciser:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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incise

  1. third-person singular past historic of incidere

Etymology 2

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Participle

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incise f pl

  1. feminine plural of inciso

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Latin

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Participle

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incīse

  1. vocative masculine singular of incīsus

References

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  • “incise”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “incise”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • incise in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

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Verb

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incise

  1. inflection of incisar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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