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inscribed

Syllables: in·scribed/ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/

inscribed is the simple past and past participle of inscribe.

Meaning of inscribe

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.
  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

Words formed from inscribed

Phrases with inscribed

Questions about inscribed

What is inscribed the simple past and past participle of?
Inscribed is the simple past and past participle of inscribe.
How do you pronounce inscribed?
Inscribed is pronounced /ɪnˈskɹaɪbd/.

Words near inscribed in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inscribed (page history and authors); inscribe (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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