INSCRI'BE, verb transitive [Latin inscribo; in and scribo, to write, Eng. to scrape. See Scribe.] 1. To write on; to engrave on for perpetuity or duration; as, to inscribe a line or verse on a monument, on a column or pillar. 2. To imprint on; as, to inscribe any thing on the mind or memory. 3. To assign or address to; to comment to by a short address, less formal than a dedication; as, to inscribe an ode or a book to a prince. 4. To mark with letters, characters or words; as, to inscribe a stone with a name. 5. To draw a figure within another, so that all the angles of the figure inscribed touch the angles, sides or planes of the other figure.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI