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in⋅scribe

[in-skrahyb]

–verb (used with object), -scribed, -scrib⋅ing.

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

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

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

4.	to enroll, as on an official list.

5.	Geometry. to draw or delineate (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.

British.

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

b.	to sell (stocks).

c.	to buy (stocks).

Origin:
1545–55; < L inscrībere, equiv. to in- in- ² + scrībere to write; see scribe ¹

Related forms:

in⋅scrib⋅a⋅ble, adjective

in⋅scrib⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun

in⋅scrib⋅er, noun

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in·scribe (ĭn-skrīb')

tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes

1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
3. To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
4. To dedicate to someone.
To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
1. To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
2. To dedicate to someone.
Mathematics To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.

[Latin īnscrībere : in-, in, on; see in-² + scrībere, to write; see skrībh- in Indo-European roots.]
in·scrib'er n.

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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.

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Language Translation for : inscribe

Spanish: inscribir,

German: beschriften,

Japanese: 記す

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Main Entry: in·scribe
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: in·scribed; in·scrib·ing
: to set down in writing (as the terms of a mortgage) to create a lasting public record —in·scrip·tion noun

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