indelve
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To engrave.
Example Sentences
- "Although this port brings out that there are known cases where, on interline traffic, the delivering carrier had collected, but failed to remit to the consignor, it did indelve into the liability of the initial carrier to the consignor, […]"
- "The Vision was in the form of a Book in heaven with small and minute in script and indelved upon Gold of the purest form."
Etymology
From Middle English indelven (“to bury”), equivalent to in- + delve. Cognate with Dutch indelven (“to dig into”). More at in-, delve.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
indelves (present, singular)
indelving (participle, present)
indelved (past)
indolve (obsolete, past)
indelved (participle, past)
indolve (obsolete, participle)
indolven (obsolete, participle)
in-delve (alternative)