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photoengrave

American  
[foh-toh-en-grayv] / ˌfoʊ toʊ ɛnˈgreɪv /

verb (used with object)

photoengraved, photoengraving
  1. to make a photoengraving of.


photoengrave British  
/ ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈɡreɪv /

verb

  1. (tr) to reproduce (an illustration) by photoengraving

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of photoengrave

First recorded in 1870–75; photo- + engrave


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He pressed paper so that it, too, resembled the kind used on official documents, and photoengraved his own rubber stamps, letterheads and watermarks.

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2023

The prints started as paintings, which were photoengraved on copper plates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The writer invented the first successful photoengraving process for printing.

From Scientific American ● May 21, 2015

His father, a photoengraver and inventor whose formal schooling had ended with fourth grade, held patents on several photoengraving devices.

From New York Times ● Mar. 15, 2014

The second volume consists of a reproduction of the chapter from Flader’s earlier edition explaining the art and technique of photoengraving.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2012

The earlier of the two volumes consists of 488 pages explaining the craft of photoengraving, and it reproduces every conceivable example of the technique offered by the technology then available.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2012

Blocks produced by the photoengraving and other mechanical processes.

From Up To Date Business Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) by Seymour Eaton

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