inscribe

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/

Verb

inscribe (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.

   Antonyms: escribe

Synonyms

• enwrite, inwrite

Related terms

• inscription
• circumscribe

Translations

• French: graver
• German: beschriften
• Russian: начертать
• Spanish: inscribir

Translations

• Russian: впи́сывать

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