Both Uses of
inscribe
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- I mean, before he knew he was signing up—even then he had written his name in that way you see names inscribed on graves.†
p. 422.5 *
- Under the name were the dates—the correct dates of his birth, and of his death—and under the dates was the simple Latin inscription that meant "forever."†
p. 548.9inscription = to write; or something written
Definitions:
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(1)
(inscribe) to write or mark -- often by engraving or etching onto a surface
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.