inscribed; inscribing; inscribes
1
a
: to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
b
: to enter on a list : enroll
2
a
: to write, engrave, or print characters upon
b
: to autograph or address (a book) as a gift
3
: to dedicate to someone
4
: to draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
a regular polygon inscribed in a circle
5
British
: to register the name of the holder of (a security)
inscriber
noun
Examples of inscribe in a Sentence
They inscribed the monument with the soldiers' names.
The book was inscribed with the author's signature.
Recent Examples on the Web
McGlone also had a ring inscribed with her initials on her body — a silent cry for identification.
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Brie Stimson, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2024
On the wall across from it, empty shell casings are retrofitted into Jewish mezuzah doorposts, which hold a piece of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verses from the Torah.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
There is also a plate on the front inscribed with both company names.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
The park culminates in the four-story National Monument to Freedom, inscribed with 122,000 last names that formerly enslaved people chose for themselves after being emancipated.
—Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The dreadful inscribing machine and its ungodly purpose are described in meticulous detail—their spectacular efficiency and even more spectacular collapse.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The Greek key patterns inscribed on the floors of tenement bathrooms are repurposed as part of an architectural frieze, and Woodman’s friends—Rankin among them—are transformed into towering caryatids.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Visitors climb stairs on which the names of 46 people killed by police in Maricopa County have been inscribed.
—Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
Brie Stimson, Fox News, 28 Apr. 2024
On the wall across from it, empty shell casings are retrofitted into Jewish mezuzah doorposts, which hold a piece of parchment inscribed with Hebrew verses from the Torah.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2024
There is also a plate on the front inscribed with both company names.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
The park culminates in the four-story National Monument to Freedom, inscribed with 122,000 last names that formerly enslaved people chose for themselves after being emancipated.
—Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2024
The 7-year-old saw granite and marble headstones jutting out from the grass near other graves, inscribed with epitaphs.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
The dreadful inscribing machine and its ungodly purpose are described in meticulous detail—their spectacular efficiency and even more spectacular collapse.
—Joy Williams, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
The Greek key patterns inscribed on the floors of tenement bathrooms are repurposed as part of an architectural frieze, and Woodman’s friends—Rankin among them—are transformed into towering caryatids.
—Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2024
Visitors climb stairs on which the names of 46 people killed by police in Maricopa County have been inscribed.
—Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
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inscribe
verb
in·scribe
in-ˈskrīb 
inscribed; inscribing
1
a
: to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
inscribe a name on a monument
b
: to enter on a list : enroll
2
: to write, engrave, or print something on or in
inscribe a locket
3
: to dedicate to someone
inscribe a poem
4
: to draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
a hexagon inscribed in a circle
inscriber
noun
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