inscribe
verbEtymology
Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).
- borrowed from īnscrībō
Definitions
To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given…
To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
- I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
- I inscribed my name into the book.
- This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.
To dedicate to someone.
To enter on a document or list
To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
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To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its…
To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
The neighborhood
- synonymenwrite
- synonyminwrite
- neighborinscription
- neighborcircumscribe
Derived
exinscribed, inscribable, inscriber, reinscribe, superinscribe, uninscribed
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for inscribe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA