inscribe
    v 1: carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a
         pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the
         lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
         [syn: scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe]
    2: register formally as a participant or member; "The party
       recruited many new members" [syn: enroll, inscribe,
       enter, enrol, recruit]
    3: draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as
       possible
    4: write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
    5: mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"
       [syn: autograph, inscribe]
    6: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
       message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher,
       cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
    7: address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a
       dedication

Inscribe \In*scribe"\, 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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