Both Uses
inscribe
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Frankenstein - 1831 version
(Edited)
- "My reign is not yet over"—these words were legible in one of these inscriptions—"you live, and my power is complete."
p. 208.6inscriptions = words written by hand
- One inscription that he left was in these words: "Prepare! Your toils only begin; wrap yourself in furs and provide food, for we shall soon enter upon a journey where your sufferings will satisfy my everlasting hatred."
p. 209.2 *inscription = message written by hand
Definitions:
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(inscribe) to write or mark -- often by engraving or etching onto a surface
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.