inscribe

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave.
  2. (transitive) To dedicate to someone.
  3. (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll.
  4. To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈskɹaɪb/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”).

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