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inscribes

inscribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 that rhyme with inscribes

Questions about inscribes

What is inscribes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inscribes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inscribe.

Words near inscribes in the dictionary

  1. inscribed circle
  2. inscribed circles
  3. inscribed matter
  4. inscriber
  5. inscribers
  6. inscribes
  7. inscribest
  8. inscribeth
  9. inscribing
  10. inscript
  11. inscriptable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inscribes (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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