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Meaning of 'inscribe' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inscribe [ v. t.]
- To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.
- To mark with letters, charakters, or words.
- To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend.
- To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
- To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries.

Meaning of 'inscribe' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inscribe [ v]
Meaning (1):
- carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
Example in sentence:
  • engrave a pen;
  • engraved the trophy cup with the winner's name;
  • the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree
Meaning (2):
- mark with one's signature
Example in sentence:
  • The author autographed his book
Meaning (3):
- register formally as a participant or member
Example in sentence:
  • The party recruited many new members
Meaning (4):
- convert ordinary language into code
Example in sentence:
  • We should encode the message for security reasons

Nearby Words:

insabbatati insafety insalivation insalubrious insalubrity insalutary insanability insanable insanableness insanably

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