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Definition of Inscribe

1. Verb. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. "The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

2. Verb. Register formally as a participant or member. "The party recruited many new members"

3. Verb. Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible.

4. Verb. Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record.

5. Verb. Mark with one's signature. "The author autographed his book"

6. Verb. Convert ordinary language into code. "We should encode the message for security reasons"

7. Verb. Address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication.

Definition of Inscribe

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

Definition of Inscribe

1. to write or engrave as a lasting record [v -SCRIBED, -SCRIBING, -SCRIBES]

Medical Definition of Inscribe

1. 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. 4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. 5. To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. 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. Origin: L. Inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inscribe

insatiably insatiate insatiate insatiately insatiateness insatiatenesses inscape inscapes inscient inscient

insconce insconced insconces inscribable inscribe (current term) inscribe (current term) inscribed inscriber inscribers inscribes

inscribing inscriptio inscription inscription inscriptional inscriptions inscriptio tendinea inscriptive inscriptively inscroll

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