inscribe

Definitions

1. 1.To mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope.
2. 2.To assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. Dryden.
3. 3.To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory.
4. 4.(Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. 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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to mark with letters, charakters, or words. O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope called?
• What is to assign or address to; to commend to by a shot address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. Dryden called?
• What is to imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory called?