To sculpture or carve; to form or shape by or as if by sculpting; to fashion into a sculptured form.
From en- + sculpture, where sculpture comes from Latin sculpere (to carve). The verb means to create sculptured form or to shape something artistically through carving.
This verb captures the essence of sculpture as an art of addition and subtraction—you're literally 'forming into sculpture.' It's less common than 'sculpt' today, but it emphasizes the en- prefix's sense of transformation, turning raw material into art.
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