en- + grave

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verb with object (usually be engraved)

cut or carve (a text or design) on the surface of a hard object:

〖～ A with B/B on A〗 A〈金属･木･ガラスなど(の表面)〉にB〈文字･絵など〉を彫る, 刻む (!しばしば受け身で)

e.g. my name was engraved on the ring.

cut or carve a text or design on (such an object).

cut (a design) as lines on a metal plate for printing.

(印刷の版下（はんした）用に)〈銅版･版木など〉を彫る, (その板で)〈版画･紙幣など〉を印刷する, 刷る.

(be engraved on or in) be permanently fixed in (one's memory or mind):

｟かたく｠ ; 〖be ～d in ［on］ A〗 A〈記憶･心など〉に深く刻み込まれる

e.g. the image would be forever engraved in his memory.

see stone.

engraver |inˈɡrāvər, enˈɡrāvər| noun

late 15th century (formerly also as ingrave): from en-1, in-2 ‘in, on’ + grave3, influenced by obsolete French engraver.