emboss

[em-baws, -bos] /ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs/
verb (used with object)
1.
to raise or represent (surface designs) in relief.
2.
to decorate (a surface) with raised ornament.
3.
Metalworking. to raise a design on (a blank) with dies of similar pattern, one the negative of the other.
Compare coin (def 10).
4.
to cause to bulge out; make protuberant.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English embosen < Middle French embocer, equivalent to em- em-1 + boce boss2
Related forms
embossable, adjective
embosser, noun
embossment, noun
unembossed, adjective
Examples from the web for emboss
  • Participating drugs companies emboss a special code onto packages, which customers find by scratching off a coating.
  • Jacket design is what helped emboss books with a cool factor hitherto lacking.
  • The light grade, however, is recommended as easier to emboss by slate and stylus.
British Dictionary definitions for emboss

emboss

/ɪmˈbɒs/
verb
1.
to mould or carve (a decoration or design) on (a surface) so that it is raised above the surface in low relief
2.
to cause to bulge; make protrude
Derived Forms
embosser, noun
embossment, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French embocer, from em- + boceboss²
Word Origin and History for emboss
v.

late 14c., from Old French *embocer (cf. embocieure "boss, stud, buckle"), from em- (see en- (1)) + boce "knoblike mass" (see boss (n.2)). Related: Embossed; embossing.