Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inscribe"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Inscribe \In*scribe"\, v. t. [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, charakters, or words.

O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
--Pope.

3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot 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 WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

inscribe
v 1: write upon; engrave a pen, for example [syn: {engrave}, {grave}]
2: register formally; as a participant or member [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


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