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Webster 1828 Edition
Engraven
ENGRA'VEN
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Definition 2025
engraven
engraven
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹeɪvən/
Verb
engraven
- (obsolete) past participle of engrave
Etymology 2
Alteration of engrave, influenced by verbs formed with the circumfix en- -en.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹeɪvə̆n/
Verb
engraven (third-person singular simple present engravens, present participle engravening, simple past and past participle engravened)
- (obsolete, chiefly literary and figurative) Engrave.
References
- ↑ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007) refers to the circumfix as a prefix and a suffix.