'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'

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