Definitions for Inscribe
ɪnˈskraɪbin·scribe

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. scratch, engrave, grave, inscribeverb

   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. enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruitverb

   register formally as a participant or member

   "The party recruited many new members"

3. inscribeverb

   draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible

4. inscribeverb

   write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

5. autograph, inscribeverb

   mark with one's signature

   "The author autographed his book"

6. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in codeverb

   convert ordinary language into code

   "We should encode the message for security reasons"

7. inscribeverb

   address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inscribeverb

   To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave.

2. inscribeverb

   To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Inscribeverb

   Etymology: inscribo, Latin; inscrire, French.

   1. To write on any thing. It is generally applied to something written on a monument, or on the outside of something.

   In all you writ to Rome, or else
   To foreign princes, ego & rex meus
   Was still inscrib'd. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Connatural principles are in themselves highly reasonable, and deducible by a strong process of ratiocination to be most true; and consequently the high exercise of ratiocination might evince their truth, though there were no such originally inscribed in the mind. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   Ye weeping loves! the stream with myrtles hide,
   And with your golden darts, now useless grown,
   Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. Alexander Pope.

   2. To mark any thing with writing: as, I inscribed the stone with my name.3. To assign to a patron without a formal dedication.

   One ode, which pleased me in the reading, I have attempted to translate in Pindarick verse: 'tis that which is inscribed to the present earl of Rochester. Dryden.

   4. To draw a figure within another.

   In the circle inscribe a square. Thomas Creech, Manilius. Notes to.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inscribe

   In geometry, an inscribed planar shape or solid is one that is enclosed by and "fits snugly" inside another geometric shape or solid. To say that "figure F is inscribed in figure G" means precisely the same thing as "figure G is circumscribed about figure F". A circle or ellipse inscribed in a convex polygon (or a sphere or ellipsoid inscribed in a convex polyhedron) is tangent to every side or face of the outer figure (but see Inscribed sphere for semantic variants). A polygon inscribed in a circle, ellipse, or polygon (or a polyhedron inscribed in a sphere, ellipsoid, or polyhedron) has each vertex on the outer figure; if the outer figure is a polygon or polyhedron, there must be a vertex of the inscribed polygon or polyhedron on each side of the outer figure. An inscribed figure is not necessarily unique in orientation; this can easily be seen, for example, when the given outer figure is a circle, in which case a rotation of an inscribed figure gives another inscribed figure that is congruent to the original one. Familiar examples of inscribed figures include circles inscribed in triangles or regular polygons, and triangles or regular polygons inscribed in circles. A circle inscribed in any polygon is called its incircle, in which case the polygon is said to be a tangential polygon. A polygon inscribed in a circle is said to be a cyclic polygon, and the circle is said to be its circumscribed circle or circumcircle. The inradius or filling radius of a given outer figure is the radius of the inscribed circle or sphere, if it exists. The definition given above assumes that the objects concerned are embedded in two- or three-dimensional Euclidean space, but can easily be generalized to higher dimensions and other metric spaces. For an alternative usage of the term "inscribed", see the inscribed square problem, in which a square is considered to be inscribed in another figure (even a non-convex one) if all four of its vertices are on that figure.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inscribe

   To inscribe generally means to write, print, carve or engrave words or symbols on something, especially for formal or permanent record. In geometry, it refers to the process of drawing a figure within another so that their boundaries touch but do not intersect.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inscribeverb

   to write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint

2. Inscribeverb

   to mark with letters, charakters, or words

3. Inscribeverb

   to assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend

4. Inscribeverb

   to imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory

5. Inscribeverb

   to draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries

6. Etymology: [L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inscribe

   in-skrīb′, v.t. to write upon: to engrave, as on a monument: to put (a person's name) in a book, by way of compliment: to imprint deeply: (geom.) to draw one figure within another.—adj. Inscrīb′able.—ns. Inscrīb′er; Inscrip′tion, a writing upon: that which is inscribed: title: dedication of a book to a person: the name given to records inscribed on stone, metal, clay, &c.—adjs. Inscrip′tional, Inscrip′tive, bearing an inscription: of the character of an inscription. [Fr.,—L. inscribĕre, inscriptum—in, upon, scribĕre, to write.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inscribe

   To mark with letters, characters, or words, as, to inscribe the name of the battle on their colors.

Matched Categories

1. • Dedicate
   • Encode
   • Geometry
   • Record
   • Register
   • Sign
   • Trace

How to pronounce Inscribe?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inscribe in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inscribe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Inscribe in a Sentence

1. Transport Minister Elizabeth Borne:

   Since the start of Emmanuel Macron's term, our target is the climate plan that Nicolas Hulot announced in the summer of 2017. We will now inscribe this target into law.

2. Robert Browning:

   Inscribe all human effort with one word, artistry's haunting curse, the Incomplete!

3. Alan Gribben:

   I am going to go on record as believing Sam Clemens handwriting to be Sam Clemens handwriting, moreover, Sam Clemens temperament was... far more egotistically assertive than those of either of Sam Clemens brothers, Orion and Henry, which makes it more likely that of the three Sam Clemens would be inclined to inscribe Sam Clemens signature on this site.

4. James Scott:

   Nietzsche said that All great things must first wear terrifying and monstrous masks in order to inscribe themselves on the hearts of humanity. Right now there is a renaissance, an awakening, we are breaking the narrative illusion, the mask, that eats away at the face.

5. Kevin McCarthy:

   Clio continues to inscribe what has happened in the last five days.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Inscribe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inscribe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Inscribe
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inscribe
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inscribe
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Inscribe
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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