| engram | In the mnaemic hypothesis, a physical habit or memory trace made on the protoplasm of an organism by the repetition of stimuli. Origin: G. En, in, + gramma, mark (05 Mar 2000) |
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| engraphia | The formation of engrams. (05 Mar 2000) |
| engrave | 1. To cut in; to make by incision. "Full many wounds in his corrupted flesh He did engrave." (Spenser) 2. To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions. "Like . . . . A signet thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel." (Ex. Xxviii. 11) 3. To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription. 4. To impress deeply; to infix, as if with a graver. "Engrave principles in men's minds." (Locke) Origin: Engraved; Engraved or Engraven; Engraving] [Pref. En- + grave to carve: cf. OF. Engraver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engraved | 1. Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving. 2. <zoology> Having the surface covered with irregular, impressed lines. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engraver | One who engraves; a person whose business it is to produce engraved work, especially on metal or wood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engraving | 1. The act or art of producing upon hard material incised or raised patterns, characters, lines, and the like; especially, the art of producing such lines, etc, in the surface of metal plates or blocks of wood. Engraving is used for the decoration of the surface itself; also, for producing an original, from which a pattern or design may be printed on paper. 2. That which is engraved; an engraved plate. 3. An impression from an engraved plate, block of wood, or other material; a print. Engraving on wood is called xylography; on copper, chalcography; on stone lithography. Engravings or prints take from wood blocks are usually called wood cuts, those from stone, lithographs. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engross | 1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. "Waves . . . Engrossed with mud." (Spenser) "Not sleeping, to engross his idle body." (Shak) 2. To amass. "To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf." (Shak) 3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. E, in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment. "Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials." (Hawthorne) "Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail." (De Quincey) 4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy wholly; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts. 5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power. Engrossed bill, a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc. Synonym: To absorb, swallow up, imbibe, consume, exhaust, occupy, forestall, monopolize. See Absorb. Origin: F, fr. Pref. En- (L. In) + gros gross, grosse, n, an engrossed document: cf. OF. Engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See Gross. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| engrossment | 1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. "Engrossments of power and favor." (Swift) 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |