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incuse

/ɪŋˈkjuːs/

incuse adjective: hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).

Adjective

incuse (not comparable)

  1. Hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
    • The back of the coin bears an incuse coat of arms.

Noun

incuse (plural incuses)

  1. An impression hammered or pressed (onto a coin).
    • This coin's incuse is of a most curious design.

Verb

IPA/ɪŋˈkjuːz/

incuse (third-person singular simple present incuses, present participle incusing, simple past and past participle incused)

  1. (transitive) To hammer or press (usually onto a coin).
    • There is a long tradition of monarchs having their own figure incused in their kingdom's coins.

incuse meaning in Urdu

incuse in Urdu

نقش کرنا, ٹھپا لگانا

Forms of incuse

Noun
pluralincuses
Verb
third-person singular presentincuses
present participleincusing
past participleincused
pastincused

Origin of incuse

From Latin incūsus, past participle of incūdō, from in- + cūdō.

Words formed from incuse

Words that rhyme with incuse

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Questions about incuse

What does incuse mean?
Incuse means hammered or pressed in (usually on a coin).
What is incuse in Urdu?
Incuse in Urdu is نقش کرنا, ٹھپا لگانا. See Incuse meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is incuse?
Incuse can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce incuse?
Incuse is pronounced /ɪŋˈkjuːs/.

Words near incuse in the dictionary

  1. incurves
  2. incurving
  3. incurvities
  4. incurvity
  5. incus
  6. incuse
  7. incused
  8. incusely
  9. incuses
  10. incusing
  11. incut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incuse (page history and authors); incuse (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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