inscribe

tr.v., -scribed, -scrib·ing, -scribes.

1. 1. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface.
   2. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters.
2. To enter (a name) on a list or in a register.
3. 1. To sign one's name or write a brief message in or on (a gift book or photograph, for example).
   2. To dedicate to someone.
4. Mathematics. To draw (one figure) within another figure so that every vertex of the enclosed figure touches the outer figure.

[Latin īnscrībere : in-, in, on; see in-² + scrībere, to write.]

inscriber in·scrib'er n.

verb

1. To form letters, characters, or words on a surface with an instrument: engross, indite, scribe, write. See remember/forget.
2. To produce a deep impression of: engrave, etch, fix, grave³, impress, imprint, stamp. See marks.
3. To register in or as if in a book: book, catalog, enroll, list¹, set down, write down. See remember/forget.
4. To affix one's signature to: autograph, endorse, sign, subscribe, undersign. Idioms: put one's John Hancock on, set one's hand to. See law.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - indgravere, indskrive, indføre

Nederlands (Dutch)
inschrijven, opdragen, (be)schrijven, graveren

Français (French)
v. tr. - inscrire, graver, (fig) graver, dédier (à), (Math) inscrire

Deutsch (German)
v. - schreiben, beschriften, eintragen, mit einer Widmung versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εγγράφω, εγχαράσσω, επιγράφω

Italiano (Italian)
iscrivere, incidere, inscrivere (geom.)

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inscrever, registrar, traçar uma figura dentro de outra (Geom.)

Русский (Russian)
надписывать, вырезать, запечатлеть (в памяти)

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - inscribir, grabar, dedicar, registrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - skriva (in), enrollera, inregistrera (aktieägare o.d.), dedicera, inskriva (geom.), (in)gravera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
刻, 题写, 雕, 印

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 刻, 題寫, 雕, 印

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 새기다, 헌정사를 적다, 명심하다, (원 등을) 내접 시키다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 記す, 彫る, 記名する, 内接させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ينقش ( كلاما), يكتب, يحفر ( اسمه), يهدي الكتاب إلى شخص ما‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חרת, חקק, רשם‬

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