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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incise  \In*cise"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Incised};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Incising}.]  [L.  incisus  p.  p.  of  incidere  to  incise:  cf 
  F.  inciser.  See  {Incide}.] 
  1.  To  cut  in  or  into  with  a  sharp  instrument;  to  carve;  to 
  engrave. 
 
  I  on  thy  grave  this  epitaph  incise.  --T.  Carew. 
 
  2.  To  cut,  gash,  or  wound  with  a  sharp  instrument;  to  cut 
  off 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Incised  \In*cised"\,  a. 
  1.  Cut  in  carved;  engraved. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  Having  deep  and  sharp  notches,  as  a  leaf  or  a 
  petal. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  incised 
  adj  1:  sharply  and  deeply  indented 
  2:  cut  into  with  a  sharp  instrument 
  3:  cut  or  impressed  into  a  surface;  "an  incised  design"; 
  "engraved  invitations"  [syn:  {engraved},  {etched},  {graven}, 
  {inscribed}] 




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