incise

Etymology

From Middle French inciser.

verb

  1. (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
    The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer. 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 5

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