inscribe
To write or cut onto; to engraveTo write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
» The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
In den Stein wurde sein Todesdatum eingemeißelt.
На камені було викарбувано дату його смерті.
Meaning
4 senses(transitive)To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
I inscribed the book with a message for Kate.
I inscribed my name into the book.
beschriften
начертатьnačertatʹ
(transitive)To dedicate to someone.
(transitive)To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.
впи́сыватьvpísyvatʹ, вписа́тьvpisátʹ
- address, (a work of literature) in a style less formal than a dedication
- write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
- draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
- mark with one's signature
Examples
13 sentencesThe stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
На камені було викарбувано дату його смерті.
deIn den Stein wurde sein Todesdatum eingemeißelt.
He inscribed "liberty" with his blood.
Runes were often inscribed on wood bark.
Hospitality is inscribed in our cultural genes.
Those words are inscribed on his tomb.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).
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Forms
inscribes, inscribing, inscribed, inscribedSynonyms
17 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle