engraved

past tense of engrave
1
as in etched
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone

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as in imprinted
to produce a vivid impression of a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind

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Recent Examples of engraved In that work, two black granite walls are engraved with the names of Americans who died in the Vietnam War, which in his campaign Carter promised to move the country past. Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 Dec. 2024 The $9,000 Rolex Submariner, engraved with Reeves’ name, turned up in a police raid on four houses in Santiago. Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024 In the first category, persistence paid off for metal detectorists in Wales and Denmark, who uncovered a 300-year-old silver thimble engraved with a message of enduring love and a 1,500-year-old gold ring that may be linked to the Frankish Merovingian dynasty, respectively. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024 She was supposed to inhabit a temple of black granite, its walls engraved with scientific formulas and the names of great English writers. Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024 Close attention should be paid to its metal closure and an accompanying medallion that’s been engraved with both the ETRO logo and a Pegaso logo using the same methods employed to mint coins. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024 The bullets that killed Thompson were found to have phrases critical of the health-care industry engraved on them, leading authorities to suspect the killer was someone who disliked the practices of Thompson's company. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 The watch’s name and the artist’s signature are engraved on the movement, visible via the case back. Roberta Naas, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Both the trunk and bottles, filled in Grasse, can be engraved. Jennifer Weil, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024

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“Engraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engraved. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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