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Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: inciser, from Latin incisus, past participle of incidere 'to cut in'

incise

 verb
     
Related topics: Design
in‧cise [transitive always + preposition] formal
AVD to cut a pattern, word etc into something, using a sharp instrument:
an inscription incised in stone
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