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in⋅scribe

  [in-skrahyb]
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–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).
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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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

Main Entry: re·in·scribe
Pronunciation: "rE-in-'skrIb
Function: transitive verb
in the civil law of Louisiana : to inscribe (as a mortgage) again esp. after expiration of the period of inscription (as ten years)
NOTE: A recorded mortgage or document creating a privilege is reinscribed by filing a notice of reinscription with the recorder. —re·in·scrip·tion /-'skrip-sh&n/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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