 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
inscribe
verb
1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a
pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
[syn: {engrave}, {grave}]
2: register formally as a participant or member; "The party
recruited many new members" [syn: {enroll}, {enter}, {enrol},
{recruit}]
3: draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as
possible
4: write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
5: mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"
[syn: {autograph}]
6: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {code}, {encipher},
{cipher}, {cypher}, {encrypt}, {write in code}] [ant: {decode}]
7: address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal
than a dedication
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Inscribe \In*scribe"\, verb (used with an object) [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. --Pope.
2. To mark with letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
--Pope.
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.
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.
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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
140 Moby Thesaurus words for "inscribe":
alphabet, alphabetize, autolithograph, be a printmaker, bed, book,
calendar, capitalize, carve, catalog, chalk, chalk up, character,
check in, chisel, chronicle, confirm, copy, copy out, crease,
cribble, crosshatch, cut, deep-dye, define, docket, draft, draw up,
edit, embed, enchase, enface, engraft, engrave, engross, enroll,
enscroll, enter, entrench, establish, etch, file, fill out, fix,
found, furrow, grave, groove, ground, hatch, impact, impanel,
implant, impress, imprint, incise, inculcate, index, indite, infix,
ingrain, initial, insert, instill, jam, jot down, letter, line,
list, lithograph, lodge, log, make a memorandum, make a note,
make a recension, make an entry, make out, make prints, mark,
mark down, matriculate, minute, note, note down, pack, pen, pencil,
place upon record, plant, poll, post, post up, print, push the pen,
put down, put in writing, put on paper, put on tape, recense,
record, reduce to writing, register, revise, rewrite, root, score,
scrape, scratch, scribe, scrive, scroll, sculpture, seat, set,
set down, set in, settle, sign, spill ink, spoil paper, stamp,
stereotype, stipple, superscribe, tabulate, take down, tape,
tape-record, tool, trace, transcribe, transliterate, type,
videotape, wedge, write, write down, write in, write out,
write up
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