To incise is to cut a line, a pattern, or words into a surface with something sharp — a knife, a chisel, a surgeon’s blade. The cut is careful and planned, not a slash. Artists incise a design into metal, wood, or stone; the picture sits in the surface rather than being painted on. In a hospital, a surgeon may incise the skin, but everyday English usually prefers “make an incision” for that. This is a formal, rather technical verb. You would not incise a cake or incise open a box. For ordinary cutting, people just say cut. Incise keeps the idea of a neat line going into something.

鐫刻、刻上（圖案或字）