inscribe

UK: /ɪnˈskraɪb/ US: /ɪnˈskraɪb/ ,(in skrīb′)

Inflections of 'inscribe' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

inscribes

v 3rd person singular

inscribing

v pres p

inscribed

v past

inscribed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•scribe /ɪnˈskraɪb/   v. [~ + object] , -scribed, -scrib•ing. 

1. to address (a book, etc.) to a person, esp. by writing a brief personal note in or on it:
   The ballplayer inscribed the boy's book.
2. to mark (a surface) with words, etc., esp. in a way that will be noticeable and last a long time.
3. to write or engrave (words, etc.):
   inscribed his initials on the statue.

in•scrib•er, n. [countable] See -scrib-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

in•scribe  (in skrīb′), v.t., -scribed, -scrib•ing. 

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) with words, characters, etc., esp. in a durable or conspicuous way.
3. to write, print, mark, or engrave (words, characters, etc.).
4. to enroll, as on an official list.
5. Mathematics [Geom.] to draw or delineate (one figure) within another figure so that the inner lies entirely within the boundary of the outer, touching it at as many points as possible:
   to inscribe a circle in a square.
6. Business [Brit.]
   • to issue (a loan) in the form of shares with registered stockholders.
   • to sell (stocks).
   • to buy (stocks).

• Latin inscrībere, equivalent. to in- in-² + scrībere to write; see scribe¹
• 1545–55

in•scrib′a•ble, adj. 
in•scrib′a•ble•ness, n. 
in•scrib′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

inscribe / ɪnˈskraɪb/ verb (transitive)

1. to make, carve, or engrave (writing, letters, a design, etc) on (a surface such as wood, stone, or paper)
2. to enter (a name) on a list or in a register
3. to sign one's name on (a book, photograph, etc) before presentation to another person
4. to draw (a geometric construction such as a circle, polygon, etc) inside another construction so that the two are in contact but do not intersect
   Compare circumscribe3

Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin inscrībere; see inscription

inˈscribable adjective

inˈscribableness noun

inˈscriber noun