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Definition of Inscribe

1. Verb. Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface. "The lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"

2. Verb. Register formally as a participant or member. "The party recruited many new members"

3. Verb. Draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible.

4. Verb. Write, engrave, or print as a lasting record.

5. Verb. Mark with one's signature. "The author autographed his book"

6. Verb. Convert ordinary language into code. "We should encode the message for security reasons"

7. Verb. Address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication.

Definition of Inscribe

1. v. t. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint.

Definition of Inscribe

1. Verb. (transitive) To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave. ¹

2. Verb. (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inscribe

1. to write or engrave as a lasting record [v -SCRIBED, -SCRIBING, -SCRIBES]

Medical Definition of Inscribe

1. 1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint. "Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone." (Pope) 2. To mark with letters, charakters, or words. "O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone." (Pope) 3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. 4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. 5. To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. 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. Origin: L. Inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inscribe

insatiateness insatiatenesses insatiaty insatiety insatisfaction insatisfactions insaturable inscape inscapes inscience

inscient insconce insconced insconces inscribable inscribe (current term) inscribed inscriber inscribers inscribes

inscribing inscriptible inscriptio inscriptio tendinea inscription inscriptional inscriptionally inscriptionist inscriptionists inscriptions

Literary usage of Inscribe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Conic Sections: Containing an Account of Some of the Most by George Salmon (1879)
"To inscribe in a conic section a polygon, all whose sides shall pass through fixed ... If we make four such attempts to inscribe the polygon, we must have, ..."

2. Elements of Mechanical Drawing: The Use of Instruments, Theory of Projection by Gardner Chace Anthony (1909)
"To inscribe a circle within a given triangle, ABC. Fig. 69. Bisect two of the angles, ... To inscribe an equilateral triangle within a circle. Fig. 70. ..."

3. Industrial Drawing: Comprising the Description and Uses of Drawing by Dennis Hart Mahan, Dwinel F. Thompson (1905)
"To inscribe in a given circle an equilateral triangle. Having, as in the last problem, constructed a regular hexagon, draw lines between the alternate ..."

4. An Elementary Treatise on Plane and Solid Geometry by Benjamin Peirce (1873)
"To inscribe a Square and a Hexagon. 4 times the number of sides of the given polygon ; and, ... To inscribe in a given circle a regular hexagon. ..."

5. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"In a given circle io inscribe a square or an octagon. PL. 4. FIG. 11. ... In a given circle to inscribe a pentagon. PL. 4. FIG. 12. ..."

6. An Elementary Treatise on Pure Geometry: With Numerous Examples by John Wellesley Russell (1893)
"inscribe in a given conic a polygon of a given number of sides, so that each side shall ... Suppose we have to inscribe in a conic a four-sided figure ABCD, ..."

7. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1845)
"In a given circle io inscribe a square or an octagon. PL. 4. FIG. 11. ... In a given circle to inscribe a pentagon. PL. 4. Fio. 12. ..."

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