Definitions for inscribe

Overview of verb inscribe

The verb inscribe has 7 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) scratch, engrave, grave, inscribe

(carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree")

2. enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit

(register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members")

3. inscribe

(draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible)

4. inscribe

(write, engrave, or print as a lasting record)

5. autograph, inscribe

(mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book")

6. code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

(convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons")

7. inscribe

(address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication)