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engravest

engravest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of engrave.

Meaning of engrave

Verb (1)

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

  1. (transitive) To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
    • He engraved the plaque with his name.
  2. (transitive) To carve (something) into a material.
    • He engraved his name.

Verb (2)

engrave (third-person singular simple present engraves, present participle engraving, simple past and past participle engraved)

  1. (obsolete) To put in a grave, to bury.
    • So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin of engravest

engrave + -est

Questions about engravest

What is engravest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Engravest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of engrave.

Words near engravest in the dictionary

  1. engraver
  2. engraveries
  3. engravers
  4. engravery
  5. engraves
  6. engravest
  7. engraveth
  8. engraving
  9. engravings
  10. engreaten
  11. engreatened

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