inscribe

Borrowed from Latin inscribĕre, from in (“upon”) and scribĕre (“to write”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
• Rhymes: -aɪb

inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)

1. (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

   I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.

   I inscribed my name into the book.

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

• enwrite, inwrite

• inscription
• circumscribe
• -scribe

īnscrībe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō

inscribe

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of inscribir.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of inscribir.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of inscribir.