engrave
verb (used with object)
to chase (letters, designs, etc.) on a hard surface, as of metal, stone, or the end grain of wood.
have engraved
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present perfectof engrave.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Kochan said a modern jeweler could have engraved the names on another sword.
From Fox News ● Nov. 6, 2019
In another era, Josseline’s death might have engraved itself on our imagination, like the missing kids whose faces were reproduced on milk cartons.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2012
He wanted something bigger, in plain gold, on which he could have engraved his family’s coat of arms, couped stag’s head shield, antlered crest and all.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2010
Months after their shared moment in the desert, the two decided to commission a tattoo that both would have engraved on their arms.
From Washington Post
But these, whose names I have engraved, have something to say—generally much,—either about the future life of man, or about his gods.
From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by John Ruskin
