INSCRIBE Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

inscribe

verb

in-ˈskrīb

as in to etch

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface paid a jeweler to inscribe their names and wedding date on their wedding rings

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Relevance

as in to enrol

to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member inscribed the couple in the society of sustaining donors to the museum

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as in to enter

to put (someone or something) on a list inscribed his name on the list of those to be executed

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delete

Examples of inscribe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Herman, an eighty-three-year-old who wears a ring inscribed with the U.S.W. logo on his right hand, still believes this. —

Eyal Press, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 To test the crystal’s potential to be used as a repository for important genetic information, the researchers inscribed the full human genome into it. —

New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024 Lopez had an infinity symbol on her side with an arrow through it, and the names Jennifer and Ben inscribed in the loops. —

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2024 The committee opted for Maggi Hambling’s bust of Wilde, which emerges from a bench-like granite sarcophagus inscribed with a quote from the writer’s play, Lady Windermere’s Fan. —

George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for inscribe

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