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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INSCRI'BE, v.t. [L. inscribo; in and scribo,to write, Eng. to scrape. See Scribe.]
1. To write on; to engrave on for perpetuity or duration; as, to inscribe a line or verse on a monument, on a column or pillar.
2. To imprint on; as, to inscribe any thing on the mind or memory.
3. To assign or address to; to comment to by a short address, less formal than a dedication; as, to inscribe an ode or a book to a prince.
4. To mark with letters, characters or words; as, to inscribe a stone with a name.
5. To draw a figure within another, so that all the angles of the figure inscribed touch the angles, sides or planes of the other figure.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree" [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]
2: register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit]
3: draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
4: write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
5: mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book" [syn: autograph, inscribe]
6: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
7: address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inscribere, from in- + scribere to write — more at scribe Date: 15th century 1. a. to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record b. to enter on a list ; enroll 2. a. to write, engrave, or print characters upon b. to autograph or address (a book) as a gift 3. to dedicate to someone 4. to draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible <a regular polygon inscribed in a circle> 5. British to register the name of the holder of (a security) • inscriber noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. 1 a (usu. foll. by in, on) write or carve (words etc.) on stone, metal, paper, a book, etc. b (usu. foll. by with) mark (a sheet, tablet, etc.) with characters. 2 (usu. foll. by to) write an informal dedication (to a person) in or on (a book etc.). 3 enter the name of (a person) on a list or in a book. 4 Geom. draw (a figure) within another so that some or all points of it lie on the boundary of the other (cf. CIRCUMSCRIBE). 5 (esp. as inscribed adj.) Brit. issue (stock etc.) in the form of shares with registered holders. Derivatives: inscribable adj. inscriber n. Etymology: L inscribere inscript- (as IN-(2), scribere write)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inscribe In*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] [L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.] 1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint. Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope. 2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. --Pope. 3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. --Dryden. 4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. 5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. Note: A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed in another triangle, when the three angles of the former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is circumscribed about the former.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(inscribes, inscribing, inscribed) 1. If you inscribe words on an object, you write or carve the words on the object. Some galleries commemorate donors by inscribing their names on the walls... ...stone slabs inscribed with Buddhist texts. VERB: V n on n, V-ed on/with n 2. If you inscribe something in the front of a book or on a photograph, you write it there, often before giving it to someone. On the back I had inscribed the words: 'Here's to Great Ideas! John'... The book is inscribed: To John Arlott from Laurie Lee. VERB: V n, V-ed quote

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Write, engrave. 2. Imprint, impress. 3. Address (as a literary work), dedicate.

Moby Thesaurus

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