inscribe

  • 11inscribe — verb (T) to carefully cut, print, or write words on something, especially on the surface of a stone or coin: inscribe sth in/on etc: Inside the cover someone had inscribed the words To Thomas, with love . | inscribe sth with: The tomb was… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12inscribe — inscribable, adj. inscribableness, n. inscriber, n. /in skruyb /, v.t., inscribed, inscribing. 1. to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) informally to a person, esp. by writing a brief personal note in or on it. 2. to mark (a surface)… …

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  • 13inscribe — verb ADVERB ▪ personally ▪ The volume had been personally inscribed by the author. ▪ deeply (figurative, esp. AmE) ▪ These notions were deeply inscribed in American law. PREPOSITION …

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  • 14inscribe — in•scribe [[t]ɪnˈskraɪb[/t]] v. t. scribed, scrib•ing 1) to address or dedicate (a book, photograph, etc.) to a person, esp. by writing a brief personal note in or on it 2) to mark (a surface) with words, characters, etc., esp. in a durable or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 15inscribe one's name — index sign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 16inscribe one's signature — index indorse, sign Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 17inscribe — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inscribere, from in + scribere to write more at scribe Date: 15th century 1. a. to write, engrave, or print as a lasting record b. to enter on a list ; enroll 2. a. to write, engrave, or print …

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  • 18inscribe — verb a) To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave. b) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides. See Also: circumscr …

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  • 19inscribe — Synonyms and related words: alphabet, alphabetize, autolithograph, be a printmaker, bed, book, calendar, capitalize, carve, catalog, chalk, chalk up, character, check in, chisel, chronicle, confirm, copy, copy out, crease, cribble, crosshatch,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 20inscribe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. write; mark, engrave; enter, enroll, list. See writing, engraving. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. list, engrave, impress; see engrave 2 , record 1 , write 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. write,… …

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