inscribe
VerbWordNet 3.0
Verb (7)
- 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”Synonyms: scratchengravegrave
- register formally as a participant or member“The party recruited many new members”Synonyms: enrollenterenrolrecruit
- draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
- write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
- mark with one's signature“The author autographed his book”Synonyms: autograph
- convert ordinary language into code“We should encode the message for security reasons”Synonyms: codeencipherciphercypherencryptwrite in code
- address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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]