▪ I. † enˈgraven, ppl. a. Obs.
Also 6–7 in-.
[str. pa. pple. of engrave v.]
= engraved.
| 1583 Harsnet Serm. Ezek. (1658) 130 God..had his Son, the Ingraven Image of his Father. 1588 Fraunce Lawiers Log. i. i. 2 That ingraven gift and facultie of wit and reason. 1593 Tell-trothes N.Y. Gift (1876) 34 But engrauen thoughtes will not be rubbed forth. 1642 Rogers Naaman 535 Was not the Temple full of Lyons and Cherubims, and ingraven forms? 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 325/2 I have procured..some..since my former engraven ones. |
▪ II. † enˈgraven, v. Obs.
Also 7 in-.
[perh. f. prec.; perh. an alteration of engrave, due to analogy of vbs. with prefix en-1 and suffix -en5.]
= engrave. lit. and fig.
| 1605 Camden Rem. 27 A name which was ingravened in the revestiarie of the Temple. 1650 T. Bayly Herba Parietis 59 To engraven a similitude. 1704 Gentleman Instructed 250 (D.) Our Maker..has also engraven'd the knowledge of Himself in our souls. 1713 Lond. Gaz. 5165/4 Lost..Two silver Trencher Plates of Her Majesty's Engraven'd A.R. |