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Definition

to write

in various senses, including:

to write, carve, or etch words onto something's surface — as in "The names of the major donors will be inscribed on the front wall."
to write a signed message and/or signature — as in "She inscribed the book with the message: I know this story will speak to your heart. Love Emma"
to write down something when adding it to a list — as in "Their names were inscribed in the register of at Ellis Island."

In mathematics, inscribe means to draw a geometric shape within another geometric shape so that each vertex (corner or angle) of the enclosed shape touches the outer figure. For example, a square is inscribed in a circle when each corner of the square touches the circle.

The ring was inscribed with these words...

inscribed = written upon

She inscribed the book with a nice note before giving it to him.

inscribed = signed

She has her name and office phone number inscribed on her iPad.

inscribed = written upon

Her name is inscribed in history.

inscribed = written

...we went on past the Trophy Room, where his name was already inscribed on one cup, one banner, and one embalmed football.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

inscribed = written upon

These Seven Commandments would now be inscribed on the wall; they would form an unalterable law by which all the animals on Animal Farm must live for ever after.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

inscribed = formally written

"NEMO 1934," he scrawled, no doubt moved by the same impulse that compelled Chris McCandless to inscribe "Alexander Supertramp/May 1992" on the wall of the Sushana bus, an impulse not so different, perhaps, from that which inspired the Anasazi to embellish the rock with their own now-indecipherable symbols.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribe = write

An iron door with this inscription over it: Work is liberty!
Elie Wiesel -- Night

inscription = to write

in various senses, including:

to write, carve, or etch words onto something's surface — as in "The names of the major donors will be inscribed on the front wall."
to write a signed message and/or signature — as in "She inscribed the book with the message: I know this story will speak to your heart. Love Emma"
to write down something when adding it to a list — as in "Their names were inscribed in the register of at Ellis Island."

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

There, too, in tiny clear lettering, the same slogans were inscribed, and on the other face of the coin the head of Big Brother.
George Orwell -- 1984

inscribed = written upon

Walt installs a memorial just inside the door, a simple brass plaque inscribed with a few words.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribed = engraved (with words indented into the metal)

We got to have a rock for the coat of arms and mournful inscriptions, and we can kill two birds with that same rock.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscriptions = words written on something's surface

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

Jim's GOT to do his inscription and coat of arms.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscription = words written on something's surface

Making them pens was a distressid tough job, and so was the saw; and Jim allowed the inscription was going to be the toughest of all.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscription = words written on something's surface

Sleight speculates that Ruess inscribed this Nemo not long after departing Davis Gulch.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribed = wrote

But he had to have it; Tom said he'd GOT to; there warn't no case of a state prisoner not scrabbling his inscription to leave behind, and his coat of arms.
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscription = words written on something's surface

Then pretty soon he says: "Come to think, the logs ain't a-going to do; they don't have log walls in a dungeon: we got to dig the inscriptions into a rock."
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscriptions = words written on something's surface

ALEX is inscribed at the belt's left end; then the initials C.J.M. (for Christopher Johnson McCandless) frame a skull and crossbones.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribed = to write

in various senses, including:

to write, carve, or etch words onto something's surface — as in "The names of the major donors will be inscribed on the front wall."
to write a signed message and/or signature — as in "She inscribed the book with the message: I know this story will speak to your heart. Love Emma"
to write down something when adding it to a list — as in "Their names were inscribed in the register of at Ellis Island."

On the title page he inscribed, "Transferred to Wayne Westerberg from Alexander."
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribed = wrote

The longest, most eloquent graffito is one of several inscribed by McCandless, the proclamation of joy that begins with a nod to his favorite Roger Miller song: TWO YEARS HE WALKS THE EARTH.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inscribed = written

...on top of all the other work he had to do on pens, and inscriptions, and journals, and things, which made it more trouble and worry and responsibility to be a prisoner than anything he ever undertook, that Tom most lost all patience with him;
Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

inscriptions = words written on something's surface

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