inscribe
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inscribĕre, from in (“upon”) and scribĕre (“to write”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
- Rhymes: -aɪb
Verb
inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)
- (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
- I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
- I inscribed my name into the book.
- (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
Synonyms
- enwrite, inwrite
Related terms
- inscription
- circumscribe
- -scribe
Translations
to write or cut words onto something
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to draw a circle, sphere
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Latin
Verb
īnscrībe
- second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō
Spanish
Verb
inscribe
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inscribir.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inscribir.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of inscribir.