inscribe
to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, especially by writing a brief personal note in or on it.
to mark (a surface) with words, characters, etc., especially in a durable or conspicuous way.
to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.).
to enroll, as on an official list.
Geometry. to draw or delineate (one figure) within another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as possible: to inscribe a circle in a square.
British.
to issue (a loan) in the form of shares with registered stockholders.
to sell (stocks).
to buy (stocks).
Origin of inscribe
1Other words from inscribe
- in·scrib·a·ble, adjective
- in·scrib·a·ble·ness, noun
- in·scrib·er, noun
- pre·in·scribe, verb (used with object), pre·in·scribed, pre·in·scrib·ing.
- re·in·scribe, verb (used with object), re·in·scribed, re·in·scrib·ing.
- su·per·in·scribe, verb (used with object), su·per·in·scribed, su·per·in·scrib·ing.
- un·in·scribed, adjective
Words Nearby inscribe
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How to use inscribe in a sentence
If nothing was inscribed on his pedestal, you couldn’t even tell what war he represented.
This is because permanent conflict punctuated by periodic carnage is inscribed into the very DNA of the Israeli-Palestinian relationship as it has existed for nearly 75 years.
Israel-Palestine is a State of Permanent Conflict Punctuated by Periodic Carnage. Only the Watching World Can Stop It | Mouin Rabbani | May 13, 2021 | TimeFourteen years later, Vorderstrasse’s quest to get Engdahl’s name inscribed has grown into something much bigger.
State Dept. adds 71 historical names to plaque honoring on-duty foreign service deaths | Gillian Brockell | May 6, 2021 | Washington PostEach slice had to be straight, and no slice could pass through the inscribed blue circle that represented your original desired pancake.
Can You Systematically Solve A Friday Crossword? | Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com) | April 30, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightEach slice must be straight, and no slice can pass through the inscribed blue circle that represents your original desired pancake.
Can You Cut The Perfect Pancake? | Zach Wissner-Gross (riddlercolumn@gmail.com) | April 23, 2021 | FiveThirtyEight
Ushers passed around little pieces of paper on which congregants could inscribe messages of support to victims of sexual abuse.
Faithful Struggle With Scandal at Penn State, Where Football Is Religion | Jacob Bernstein, Jessica Bennett | November 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd he himself choose a given private «Watchword» (Losungswort) and inscribe it in the appointed place in the counter-certificate.
The nations who rove over the western prairies, inscribe them on the skins of the buffalo.
The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. SchoolcraftWill that wing of the Prohibition army which accepts the Bible as its guide inscribe these texts upon its banner?
The Bible | John E. RemsburgIt is enough to inscribe on the mausoleum of any man, that "he rescued his country from a Democracy!"
If there be any on which we dare not inscribe it, they are not for us.
The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon | Alexander Maclaren
British Dictionary definitions for inscribe
/ (ɪnˈskraɪb) /
to make, carve, or engrave (writing, letters, a design, etc) on (a surface such as wood, stone, or paper)
to enter (a name) on a list or in a register
to sign one's name on (a book, photograph, etc) before presentation to another person
to draw (a geometric construction such as a circle, polygon, etc) inside another construction so that the two are in contact but do not intersect: Compare circumscribe (def. 3)
Origin of inscribe
1Derived forms of inscribe
- inscribable, adjective
- inscribableness, noun
- inscriber, noun
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