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Inscribe \In*scribe"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inscribed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Inscribing}.] [L. inscribere. See 1st {In-}, and
{Scribe}.]
1. To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read;
to imprint.
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Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. --Pope.
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2. To mark with letters, characters, or words.
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O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone.
--Pope.
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3. To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address;
to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a
friend. --Dryden.
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4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a
sentence on the memory.
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5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the
boundaries.
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Note: A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when
its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or
in the surface of the sphere. A triangle is inscribed
in another triangle, when the three angles of the
former are severally on the three sides of the latter.
A circle is inscribed in a polygon, when it touches
each side of the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a
polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane
of the polyhedron. The latter figure in each case is
circumscribed about the former.
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