tr.v., -cised, -cis·ing, -cis·es.

1. To cut into, as with a sharp instrument: incised the tablet with chisels; a plateau that had been deeply incised by streams.
2. 1. To engrave (designs or writing, for example) into a surface; carve.
   2. To engrave designs, writing, or other marks into.

[French inciser, from Old French enciser, from Vulgar Latin *incīsāre, frequentative of Latin incīdere, incīs- : in-, in; see in–² + caedere, to cut.]

verb

1. To penetrate with a sharp edge: cut, gash, pierce, slash, slit. See enter/exit, help/harm/harmless.
2. To cut (a design or inscription) into a hard surface, especially for printing: carve, engrave, etch, grave³. See marks.

1. To decorate by cutting or indenting a surface, as ceramic ware.
2. To perforate the surface of timbers, poles, posts, etc., to increase penetration of wood preservatives.

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To make a cut in a leaf or stem before grafting.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skære ind i, udskære

Nederlands (Dutch)
insnijden

Français (French)
v. tr. - inciser, (Art) graver

Deutsch (German)
v. - einschneiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (εν)τέμνω, (εγ)χαράσσω, κάνω τομή

Italiano (Italian)
incidere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cortar

Русский (Russian)
делать разрез, гравировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - cortar, hacer una incisión

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skära in, skära upp

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
切割, 雕刻

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 切割, 雕刻

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 절개하다, ~에 새기다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 切り込みを入れる, 刻む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يحز, يشق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חרט, חתך‬

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