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inscribe

/ɪnˈskɹaɪb/

inscribe verb: to write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.

Verb

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. (transitive) To dedicate to someone.
  3. (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
  4. To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
    Antonyms:
    escribe

inscribe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

inscribe in Tamil

பொறி, உள்ளுருவமாக வரை, உள்ளே வரை, உள்வரையீடு, உள் வரைதல்

inscribe in Urdu

بھرتی کرنا, کندہ کرنا, منسوب کرنا, ثبت کرنا

inscribe in Bengali

খোদাই করা, লিপিভুক্ত করা, উৎসর্গ করা

inscribe in Malayalam

മുദ്രണം ചെയ്യുക, കൊത്തിവയ്ക്കുക, പതിക്കുക, വരയ്ക്കുക
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inscribe in Kannada
ಕೆತ್ತು, ಕಡೆ, ಬರೆ, ಲೇಖಿಸು

Examples of inscribe in a sentence

  • The medal had a cross on the obverse and had a name inscribed on the reverse.
  • Penniform symbols were inscribed on the wall of the cave.
  • Aviform symbols were inscribed on the wall of the cave.

All 40 example sentences with inscribe

Synonyms of inscribe

Antonyms

Forms of inscribe

third-person singular presentinscribes
present participleinscribing
past participleinscribed
pastinscribed

Past tense of inscribe: inscribed

Origin of inscribe

Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).

Words formed from inscribe

Words that rhyme with inscribe

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about inscribe

What does inscribe mean?
Inscribe means to write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
What is inscribe in Tamil?
Inscribe in Tamil is பொறி, உள்ளுருவமாக வரை, உள்ளே வரை. See Inscribe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inscribe?
Inscribe is a verb.
How do you pronounce inscribe?
Inscribe is pronounced /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/.
What is the past tense of inscribe?
The past tense of inscribe is inscribed.

Words near inscribe in the dictionary

  1. insconces
  2. insconcing
  3. Inscore
  4. Inscores
  5. inscribable
  6. inscribe
  7. inscribed
  8. inscribed circle
  9. inscribed circles
  10. inscribed matter
  11. inscriber

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inscribe (page history and authors); inscribe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inscribe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Inscribe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inscribe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inscribe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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