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incises

incises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of incise.

Meaning of incise

Verb

incise (third-person singular simple present incises, present participle incising, simple past and past participle incised)

  1. (transitive) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
    • The executioner’s blade is incised with Christ’s crown of thorns, and with the words of a prayer.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 5

Questions about incises

What is incises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Incises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of incise.

Words near incises in the dictionary

  1. incise
  2. incised
  3. incised meander
  4. incised meanders
  5. incisely
  6. incises
  7. incisiform
  8. incisiforms
  9. incising
  10. incision
  11. incisional

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