'Inscribe' definitions:
Definition of 'inscribe'
From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
Register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit]
verb
Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
verb
Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
verb
Mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book" [syn: autograph, inscribe]
verb
Convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
verb
Address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
Definition of 'Inscribe'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To mark with letters, characters, or words. [1913 Webster]
- O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inscribe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alphabet,
- alphabetize,
- autolithograph,
- be a printmaker,
- bed,
- book,
- calendar,
- capitalize,
- carve,
- catalog,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- character,
- check in,
- chisel,
- chronicle,
- confirm,
- copy,
- copy out,
- crease,
- cribble,
- crosshatch,
- cut,
- deep-dye,
- define,
- docket,
- draft,
- draw up,
- edit,
- embed,
- enchase,
- enface,
- engraft,
- engrave,
- engross,
- enroll,
- enscroll,
- enter,
- entrench,
- establish,
- etch,
- file,
- fill out,
- fix,
- found,
- furrow,
- grave,
- groove,
- ground,
- hatch,
- impact,
- impanel,
- implant,
- impress,
- imprint,
- incise,
- inculcate,
- index,
- indite,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- initial,
- insert,
- instill,
- jam,
- jot down,
- letter,
- line,
- list,
- lithograph,
- lodge,
- log,
- make a memorandum,
- make a note,
- make a recension,
- make an entry,
- make out,
- make prints,
- mark,
- mark down,
- matriculate,
- minute,
- note,
- note down,
- pack,
- pen,
- pencil,
- place upon record,
- plant,
- poll,
- post,
- post up,
- print,
- push the pen,
- put down,
- put in writing,
- put on paper,
- put on tape,
- recense,
- record,
- reduce to writing,
- register,
- revise,
- rewrite,
- root,
- score,
- scrape,
- scratch,
- scribe,
- scrive,
- scroll,
- sculpture,
- seat,
- set,
- set down,
- set in,
- settle,
- sign,
- spill ink,
- spoil paper,
- stamp,
- stereotype,
- stipple,
- superscribe,
- tabulate,
- take down,
- tape,
- tape-record,
- tool,
- trace,
- transcribe,
- transliterate,
- type,
- videotape,
- wedge,
- write,
- write down,
- write in,
- write out,
- write up