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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mark with letters, characters, or words. [ 1913 Webster ]

O let thy once lov'd friend inscribe thy stone. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who inscribes. Pownall. [ 1913 Webster ]