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.

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