Inscribe

Quick meaning: Inscribe is a verb meaning (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

Meaning

(transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

I inscribed my name into the book.

I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.

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

Word Forms

• inscribes
• inscribing
• inscribed

Synonyms for inscribe

Depending on context, synonyms include enwrite, inwrite, cipher, enroll, cypher, recruit.

Antonyms for inscribe

Common opposites include escribe, decode.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include autograph, engrave, enroll, code, encode, encipher.

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