Antonyms for engraves

Grammar : Verb

Spell : en-greyv

Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈgreɪv

Definition of engraves

Origin : late 15c. (implied in ingraved), from en- (1) + obsolete verb grave "carve" (see grave (v.)). Related: Engraved; engraving.

verb carve letters or designs into

Example sentences :

Master Lukas, who engraves in copper, asked me as his guest.
Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore

What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of light.
Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

He is a hydrographer, and engraves maps for a neighboring publisher.
Extract from : « The Ink-Stain, Complete » by Rene Bazin

Sir George Mackenzie engraves "the coat of Denham of ould," viz.
Extract from : « A Complete Guide to Heraldry » by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

And which is the Mulciber, the Vulcan, the artist-engraver that engraves the covering of the egg so prettily?
Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre

But by speech you adopt thoughts, and the voice that utters them is as a pen that engraves them indelibly on the soul.
Extract from : « Conversation » by Andrew P. Peabody

Let one of us say this: Yons Red Monjoy, that engraves the dies; platings his next move!
Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions

There is no great and monumental scene in this part which engraves itself deeply upon the memory.
Extract from : « Essays on Scandinavian Literature » by Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

Ambition has its vanity, and engraves a dubious victory; and Flattery will practise its art, and deceive us in gold!
Extract from : « Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) » by Isaac Disraeli

But sometimes, on the contrary, he hates the picture, and engraves it as a professional duty.
Extract from : « The Intellectual Life » by =Philip Gilbert Hamerton

Synonyms for engraves

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