to inscribe

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to enter in a book, or on a list, roll, or document, by writing
To write or engrave; to mark down as something to be read; to imprint
To write or cut words onto something, especially a hard surface; to engrave
If you inscribe words on an object, you write or carve the words on the object. Some galleries commemorate donors by inscribing their names on the walls stone slabs inscribed with Buddhist texts
To assign or address to; to commend to by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend
address, as 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
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to inscribe a sentence on the memory
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface; "engrave a pen"; "engraved the winner's name onto the trophy cup"
If you inscribe something in the front of a book or on a photograph, you write it there, often before giving it to someone. On the back I had inscribed the words: `Here's to Great Ideas! John' The book is inscribed: To John Arlott from Laurie Lee. to carefully cut, print, or write words on something, especially on the surface of a stone or coin (inscribere, from scribere )
{f} write on a surface; mark a surface with words; write a dedication (in a book); place on a list, enroll; draw one figure inside another (Geometry)
To mark with letters, characters, or words
write, engrave, or print as a lasting record
mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"
To draw within so as to meet yet not cut the boundaries
address, as a work of literature, in a style less formal than a dedication
draw within a figure so as to touch in as many places as possible
register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides
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