1. produced or created using the photoengraving process; relating to or made by photoengraving
Usage: technical; printing industry

1. past tense and past participle of photoengraving; to produce a printing plate or block using photographic and chemical processes
Usage: technical; printing industry

Examples

• The printer photoengraved the design onto a metal plate for mass production.
• The photoengraved blocks were used to print thousands of copies of the illustration.
• Early twentieth-century newspapers relied on photoengraved images to reproduce photographs.
• The artist's original drawing was photoengraved to create the printing plate.
• Photoengraved plates allowed for faster and more accurate reproduction of detailed artwork.