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   in·cise

   /inˈsīz/

   verb

   • 1. mark or decorate (an object or surface) with a cut or a series of cuts: "a button incised with a skull"
   • ▪ cut (a mark or decoration) into a surface: "figures incised on upright stones" Similar engraveetchcarvecutchiselinscribescorechasenotcharchaic:scotch
   • ▪ cut (skin or flesh) with a surgical instrument: "the wound was incised and drained" Similar cutcut intomake an incision inslitslit openlancegashslash

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French inciser, from Latin incis- ‘cut into, engraved’, from the verb incidere, from in- ‘into’ + caedere ‘to cut’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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