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Definition: INCISING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To indent, notch or score. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To carve or engrave. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To slash or gash.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb incise.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(incise)
1. Make an incision into by carving or cutting.[Wordnet].
2. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.[Websters].
3. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: incising, incised, incises, incisor, incisors, incisingly and incisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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"Incising" is a common misspelling or typo for: incusing.

Date "Incising" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Definition: INCISING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To indent, notch or score. [Eve - graph theoretic]
2. To carve or engrave. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To slash or gash.[Eve - graph theoretic]
4. Present participle conjugation of the verb incise.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(incise)
1. Make an incision into by carving or cutting.[Wordnet].
2. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.[Websters].
3. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.[Websters].
4. Base verb from the following inflections: incising, incised, incises, incisor, incisors, incisingly and incisedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "INCISING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references)

Specialty Definition: incise

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] s as z. To cut in; to carve.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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