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.
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The practice began in earnest with Anders Breivik, who in 2011, motivated by White supremacy, carried out a mass killing of over 70 people in Norway, Rutland said, adding Breivik inscribed slogans on his weapons and gave them names after Norse gods like Odin and Thor.
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Verbatim Thurgood Marshall In a speech marking the bicentennial of the US Constitution, Marshall argued that its framers intentionally inscribed slavery into the American economy.
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It’s inscribed in neighborhoods, in land, and in the bodies that carry both trauma and joy.
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Later in the podcast, the conversation turned to Tanner’s burial plot — and Shay said that the pair had gotten a joint headstone inscribed with both of their names.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
Verbatim Thurgood Marshall In a speech marking the bicentennial of the US Constitution, Marshall argued that its framers intentionally inscribed slavery into the American economy.
—JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
It’s inscribed in neighborhoods, in land, and in the bodies that carry both trauma and joy.
—Essence, 1 Oct. 2025
Later in the podcast, the conversation turned to Tanner’s burial plot — and Shay said that the pair had gotten a joint headstone inscribed with both of their names.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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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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