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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inscribe \inscribe"\, v. t. imp. p. p. inscribed; p. pr.
vb. n. inscribing. l. inscribere. see 1st in-, and
scribe.
1. to write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read;
to imprint.
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inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --pope.
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2. to mark with letters, characters, or words.
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o let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
--pope.
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3. to assign or address to; to commend to by a short address;
to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a
friend. --dryden.
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4. to imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a
sentence on the memory.
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5. geom. to draw within so as to meet yet not cut the
boundaries.
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note: a line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when
its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or
in the surface of the sphere. a triangle is inscribed
in another triangle, when the three angles of the
former are severally on the three sides of the latter.
a circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches
each side of the polygon. a sphere is inscribed in a
polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane
of the polyhedron. the latter figure in each case is
circumscribed about the former.
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see also:
inscribed inscribing in- scribe
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