Meaning & use
Inscribe
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To write, carve, or engrave words or symbols onto a surface, especially permanently.
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The jeweler offered to inscribe their initials inside the wedding rings.
Ancient dedications were inscribed directly into stone tablets.
A note on using this word
In geometry, "inscribe" has a specific technical sense: to draw one shape inside another so that it touches the boundary at as many points as possible, as in "a circle inscribed in a square."
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2. verb
Geometry: to draw a figure within another so that it touches the boundary at the maximum number of points.
The students were asked to inscribe a circle within the triangle.
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