[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.
         1913 webster
see also:
inscribed inscribing in- scribe 

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