inscribe

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ɪnˈskɹaɪb/

Definition of inscribe

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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.”
    “This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.”
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verb

  1. (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.”
    “This coheres with the pattern of Scripture, which inscribes her story among that of others in the company of Jesus.”
  2. (transitive)To dedicate to someone.
  3. (transitive)To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
  4. To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).

Hooks

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