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Incise

//ɪnˈsaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. transitive

    "The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer."

  2. 2
    make an incision into by carving or cutting wordnet

Etymology

From Middle French inciser.

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