inscribe

[in·scribe]

To inscribe means to write something in a permanent or formal way. When you have a jeweler inscribe your initials inside your new ring, she uses a machine to carve them into the metal.

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To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication

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convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"

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mark with one''s signature; "The author autographed his book"

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write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

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carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner''s name onto the trophy cup"

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

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register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"


v. t.
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

v. t.
To mark with letters, charakters, or words.

v. t.
To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.

v. t.
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

v. t.
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.


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.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
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.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. &hand; 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.

To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

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Usage Examples

In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.

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