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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.
6. British.
a. to issue (a loan) in the form of shares with registered stockholders.
b. to sell (stocks).
c. to buy (stocks).
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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.

  2. 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.

  4. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Legal Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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