Ingrave

name, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bury; to place in a grave. obsolete, transitive

    "But if these black adventures I survive, / Ev'n till this mortal body be ingrav'd, / You shall be lord of that which you have sav'd."

  2. 2
    Obsolete form of engrave. alt-of, obsolete

    "[…]M. Anthony Bos, who both etched and ingraved in a Stile of his own, did not ſucceed ſo well;[…]."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village in Herongate and Ingrave parish, Brentwood borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6292).

Synonyms

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carveetchinscribeassembleautolithographbe a printmaker

Example

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"But if these black adventures I survive, / Ev'n till this mortal body be ingrav'd, / You shall be lord of that which you have sav'd."

Etymology

From in- + grave. Compare engrave.

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