inscribe

verb

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in·scribe | \ in-ˈskrīb

inscribed; inscribing; inscribes

Definition of inscribe

transitive verb

1a : to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record

b : to enter on a list : enroll

2a : 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)

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Synonyms for inscribe

Synonyms

engrave,
etch,
grave,
incise,
insculp
[archaic]

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 Their names are marked down in a leather notebook that was created to inscribe their importance to Cherokee heritage and culture. — New York Times, "Plenty of Vaccines, but Not Enough Arms: A Warning Sign in Cherokee Nation," 16 Mar. 2021 The lithe female statue originally stood on the monument’s steps, reaching upward to inscribe lofty words into a granite pedestal on which stood a sculpture of Heintz. — New York Times, "In the Bronx, a Face Lost in Time," 22 Jan. 2021 Anyone who has lost a loved one to covid-19 is encouraged to inscribe one of the flags with a name or a message. — Washington Post, "This rippling field of flags in D.C. shows covid-19’s scale," 22 Oct. 2020 The National Basketball Association will allow players to inscribe social justice messages on top of their jersey numbers. — Anthony Leonardi, Washington Examiner, "NBA agrees to list of social justice messages on jerseys: Report," 4 July 2020 Federal authorities announced the forfeiture Monday of an ancient tablet inscribed with part of the Epic of Gilgamesh from a museum backed by the arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby. — NBC News, "Authorities announce forfeiture of ancient Gilgamesh tablet from Hobby Lobby's Museum of the Bible," 18 May 2020 Then inscribe a circle with a radius of 1 around the origin. — Quanta Magazine, "Mathematician Measures the Repulsive Force Within Polynomials," 14 May 2020 That’s why, on the last day of its session in 2018, Prime Minister Netanyahu personally led a floor fight that lasted until dawn, in a frantic, ultimately successful bid to inscribe a new Nation-State law into the Basic Law. — Jo-ann Mort, The New York Review of Books, "The Trump–Netanyahu Plan to Force Arab Population Transfer," 3 Feb. 2020 There is no memorial marker for Gaido in Milwaukee though his name is inscribed at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Battle of Midway hero played by Nick Jonas in new film was Milwaukee man," 14 Nov. 2019

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