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
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.
• enwrite, inwrite
Source: Wiktionary
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
24 September 2024
(adjective) of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
