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Webster 1913 Edition
Inscribe
In-scribe′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Inscribed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Inscribing
.] 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 friendDryden.
4.
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp;
as, to
. inscribe
a sentence on the memory5.
(Geom.)
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Inscribe
INSCRI'BE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To write on; to engrave on for perpetuity or duration; as, to inscribe a line or verse on a monument, on a column or pillar.2.
To imprint on; as, to inscribe any thing on the mind or memory.3.
To assign or address to; to comment to by a short address, less formal than a dedication; as, to inscribe an ode or a book to a prince.4.
To mark with letters, characters or words; as, to inscribe a stone with a name.5.
To draw a figure within another, so that all the angles of the figure inscribed touch the angles, sides or planes of the other figure.Definition 2024
inscribe
inscribe
English
Verb
inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)
- (transitive) To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.
- (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Synonyms
Related terms
- circumscribe
- -scribe
Translations
to write or cut words onto something