Definitions of inscribe [ɪnˈskraɪb]

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Definition of 'inscribe'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) inscribe
to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) to a person, esp. by writing a brief personal note in or on it.

2.  inscribe
to mark (a surface) with words, characters, etc., esp. in a durable or conspicuous way.

3.  inscribe
to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.).

4.  inscribe
to enroll, as on an official list.

5.  inscribe
Geom. to draw (one figure) within another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as possible:
to inscribe a circle in a square.

6.  inscribe
Brit.

7.  inscribe
to issue (a loan) in the form of shares with registered stockholders.

8.  inscribe
to buy or sell (stocks).

Etymology: (1545–55; < L inscrībere=in-in -²+scrībere to write; see scribe¹)

Definition of 'inscribe'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
"engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

2. (verb) enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit
register formally as a participant or member
"The party recruited many new members"

3. (verb) inscribe
draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible

4. (verb) inscribe
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

5. (verb) autograph, inscribe
mark with one's signature
"The author autographed his book"

6. (verb) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
convert ordinary language into code
"We should encode the message for security reasons"

7. (verb) inscribe
address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

Definition of 'inscribe'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) inscribe
to write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint

2. (verb) inscribe
to mark with letters, charakters, or words

3. (verb) inscribe
to assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend

4. (verb) inscribe
to imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory

5. (verb) inscribe
to draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries

Translation of 'inscribe'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to carve or write The monument was inscribed with the names of the men who died in the war; He carefully inscribed his name in his new book.
Afrikaans: inskryf, graveer	Arabic: يَنْقُش	Bulgarian: надписвам
Brazilian: gravar	Czech: vyrýt; vepsat	German: beschriften
Danish: indhugge; skrive ind	Greek: χαράσσω, γράφω	Spanish: inscribir
Estonian: (sisse, peale) kirjutama	Farsi: نوشتن یا حک کردن	Finnish: kirjoittaa
French: inscrire	Hebrew: לִרשוֹם	Hindi: छापना
Croatian: upisati	Hungarian: ráír; bevés	Indonesian: menulis, menggoreskan
Icelandic: áletra, grafa	Italian: scrivere; incidere	Japanese: 記す
Korean: (책, 비석 등에) 쓰다, 적다, 새기다	Lithuanian: iškalti, įrašyti	Latvian: uzrakstīt; ierakstīt; iek
Malay: menulis	Dutch: griffen, inschrijven	Norwegian: hogge/gravere/skrive inn
Polish: wyryć, wypisać	Persian: نوشتن یا حک کردن	Pashto: كښل، ليكل، كيندل،( په ډبر
Portuguese: ter gravado	Romanian: a (în)scrie	Russian: вырезать; вписывать
Slovak: napísať; vyryť	Slovenian: vpisati, vklesati	Serbian: uklesati
Swedish: skriva [in], rista [in]	Thai: จารึก	Turkish: (oyarak) yazmak
Taiwanese: 刻寫，寫	Ukrainian: вирізувати на дереві; під	Urdu: الفاظ نقش کرنا
Vietnamese: khắc	Chinese: 刻写，写
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