INSCRIBE

inscribe

(verb) address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

(verb) convert ordinary language into code; “We should encode the message for security reasons”

autograph, inscribe

(verb) mark with one’s signature; “The author autographed his book”

inscribe

(verb) write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe

(verb) carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; “engrave a pen”; “engraved the trophy cup with the winner’s name”; “the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree”

inscribe

(verb) draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible

enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit

(verb) register formally as a participant or member; “The party recruited many new members”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)

(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

(geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Synonyms

• enwrite, inwrite

Source: Wiktionary

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In*scribe", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed; p. pr. & vb. n. Inscribing.] Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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