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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in·cise (in·cised ; in·cis·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle French or Latin; Middle French inciser,from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere, from in- + caedere to cut DATE 1567 1. to cut into 2. a. to carve figures, letters, or devices into : engrave b. to carve (as an inscription) into a surface Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 incise in·cise / in5saiz / verb[VN] ~ sth (in / on / onto sth) (formal) to cut words, designs, etc. into a surface (在表面)雕,刻；切入 ⇨ compare engrave Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: CUT 1, gash, pierce, slash, slice, slit 2 Synonyms: ENGRAVE 1, etch, graveWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged in·cise \(ˈ)in|sīz, -īs\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French inciser, from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere, from in- in- (II) + -cidere (from caedere to cut) — more at concise intransitive verb obsolete : to make an incision transitive verb 1. : to cut into : make an incision in < incised the swollen tissue > 2. a. : to carve figures, letters, or devices into : engrave < incise a tablet with an inscription > b. : to produce (as letters, figures, or devices) by carving into a surface < incise an inscription on a monument > 3. a. : to produce (a narrow steep-walled valley) by downward erosion < caused the streams to incise their valleys — C.O.Dunbar > b. : to lower (itself) by eroding a deeper channel < the streams then incised themselves to the new baselevel — C.O.Dunbar > c. : to intersect as a deep narrow cut < more than twenty different submarine canyon systems incisethe continental border — J.C.Crowell > |
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