inscribe

Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/

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• Rhymes: -aɪb

inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)

1. (transitive) 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.

   • 2000 June 17, Elizabeth A. Johnson, “Mary of Nazareth: Friend of God and Prophet”, in America‎, volume 182, number 21:

     This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.

2. (transitive) To dedicate to someone.
3. (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
4. (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

   Antonym: (rare) escribe

• enwrite, inwrite

• inscription
• circumscribe

īnscrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō

inscribe

1. inflection of inscribir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative