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engraveth

engraveth is the third-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 engraveth

engrave + -eth

Questions about engraveth

What is engraveth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Engraveth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of engrave.

Words near engraveth in the dictionary

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

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