Inscribe

[ɪn'skraɪb]

Definition

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

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

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

Checker: Shelia--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

(v. t.) To mark with letters, charakters, or words.

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

(v. t.) To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.

(v. t.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Write, engrave.[2]. Imprint, impress.[3]. Address (as a literary work), dedicate (with little formality).[4]. (Geom.) Delineate or draw (within another figure).

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Letter, write, label, designate, delineate, mark, imprint, engrave, dedicate,address

ANT:Erase, efface, cancel, obliterate, expunge

Editor: Rodney

Definition

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.

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