Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - engrave

~ v 1 to cut words or pictures on metal, wood, glass etc  (engrave sth on)  (a silver pocket watch with the initials HTS engraved on the back | engrave sth with)  (a pendant engraved with a simple geometric design) 2 be engraved in your memory/mind/heart formal to be impossible to forget  (That day would be engraved in his memory for ever.) 3 to prepare a special metal plate for printing 4 to print something using a specially prepared metal plate - engraver n