Inscribe
verb
To write or carve words onto something.
She inscribed her name on the trophy with a permanent marker.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a name
- inscribe a message
verb
To add a name or message to a book or other written material as a mark of ownership or dedication.
The author inscribed the book for her with a sweet note.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a book
- inscribe a dedication
verb
To draw a shape inside another one in such a way that every corner of the inner shape touches the outer one.
He inscribed a circle into a square.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a circle
- inscribe a square
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Technical
verb
To register or enter a name on a list or roll.
The voters must remember to inscribe their names on the electoral rolls.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a name
- inscribe a signature
verb
To write or carve words onto something.
She inscribed her name on the trophy with a permanent marker.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a name
- inscribe a message
verb
To add a name or message to a book or other written material as a mark of ownership or dedication.
The author inscribed the book for her with a sweet note.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a book
- inscribe a dedication
verb
To draw a shape inside another one in such a way that every corner of the inner shape touches the outer one.
He inscribed a circle into a square.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a circle
- inscribe a square
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To register or enter a name on a list or roll.
The voters must remember to inscribe their names on the electoral rolls.
Often appears as...
- inscribe a name
- inscribe a signature
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Permanence
Inscribing usually refers to permanently marking an object, not easily erased.
The craftsman inscribed the ring with initials that would last a lifetime.
Pro Tip 2/2Visibility
'Inscribe' suggests the text or symbol will be seen and read by others.
The memorial plaque was inscribed with the names of the heroes.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Permanence
Inscribing usually refers to permanently marking an object, not easily erased.
The craftsman inscribed the ring with initials that would last a lifetime.
Pro Tip 2/2Visibility
'Inscribe' suggests the text or symbol will be seen and read by others.
The memorial plaque was inscribed with the names of the heroes.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Permanence
Inscribing usually refers to permanently marking an object, not easily erased.
The craftsman inscribed the ring with initials that would last a lifetime.
Pro Tip 2/2Visibility
'Inscribe' suggests the text or symbol will be seen and read by others.
The memorial plaque was inscribed with the names of the heroes.
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Teddy Cruz: How...
inscribed in that empty space. They found out that they had been lucky because they had not begun to dig under Caltrans territoy. Caltrans is a state agency that governs the freeway, so it would have been very difficult to negotiate with them. They were lucky, they said, because they began to dig under an arm of the freeway
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A giant bubble for...
space and it's kind of just defined by line of buildings on either side it's a space where citizens can voice their discontent and show their power it's a place where pivotal moments in American history have taken place and they're inscribed in there forever
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How does the Nobel Peace...
The prize itself includes a gold medal inscribed with the Latin words, "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium," or "For the peace and brotherhood of men," as well as a diploma and a large cash prize. Recently, it's been 8 million Swedish kronor,
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180° Kathmandu, City of...
center of a symbolic representation of the universe and from the base of its tower the Buddha's eyes gaze in each direction the stupids surrounded by a circuit of prayer wheels inscribed with Buddhist mantras pilgrims circle the complex
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Is graffiti art? Or...
has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate Is it art? Is it vandalism? In the 1st century BCE, Romans regularly inscribed messages on public walls, while oceans away,
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The Egyptian Book of the...
is not an eavesdropper, and has not polluted the water. But did Ani really live such a perfect life? Not quite, but that's where the heart scarab amulet comes in. It's inscribed with the words, "Do not stand as a witness against me,"
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
pictorial characters it was used to inscribe monuments and pottery and predominantly served a decorative or ceremonial purpose soon after another ancient form of writing called hieratic developed out of the hieroglyphic system
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Who am I? A philosophical...
Throughout the history of mankind, three little words have sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the Agora, and seekers to the "Who am I?" From the ancient Greek aphorism inscribed on the Temple of Apollo,
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Why you will fail to...
your gravesite will be a tombstone and inscribed on that tombstone it will say here lies a distinguished engineer who invented velcro but what that tombstone should have said in an alternative lifetime
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The evolution of the...
so these days a grave that's my grandmother's would usually be inscribed by sandblasting the text onto the stone through a rubberized laser-cut stencil
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Teddy Cruz: How...
inscribed in that empty space. They found out that they had been lucky because they had not begun to dig under Caltrans territoy. Caltrans is a state agency that governs the freeway, so it would have been very difficult to negotiate with them. They were lucky, they said, because they began to dig under an arm of the freeway
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A giant bubble for...
space and it's kind of just defined by line of buildings on either side it's a space where citizens can voice their discontent and show their power it's a place where pivotal moments in American history have taken place and they're inscribed in there forever
Video examples
How does the Nobel Peace...
The prize itself includes a gold medal inscribed with the Latin words, "Pro pace et fraternitate gentium," or "For the peace and brotherhood of men," as well as a diploma and a large cash prize. Recently, it's been 8 million Swedish kronor,
Video examples
180° Kathmandu, City of...
center of a symbolic representation of the universe and from the base of its tower the Buddha's eyes gaze in each direction the stupids surrounded by a circuit of prayer wheels inscribed with Buddhist mantras pilgrims circle the complex
Video examples
Is graffiti art? Or...
has been around for thousands of years. And across that span of time, it's raised the same questions we debate Is it art? Is it vandalism? In the 1st century BCE, Romans regularly inscribed messages on public walls, while oceans away,
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
is not an eavesdropper, and has not polluted the water. But did Ani really live such a perfect life? Not quite, but that's where the heart scarab amulet comes in. It's inscribed with the words, "Do not stand as a witness against me,"
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Ancient Egypt 101 PIPE...
pictorial characters it was used to inscribe monuments and pottery and predominantly served a decorative or ceremonial purpose soon after another ancient form of writing called hieratic developed out of the hieroglyphic system
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Who am I? A philosophical...
Throughout the history of mankind, three little words have sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the Agora, and seekers to the "Who am I?" From the ancient Greek aphorism inscribed on the Temple of Apollo,
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Why you will fail to...
your gravesite will be a tombstone and inscribed on that tombstone it will say here lies a distinguished engineer who invented velcro but what that tombstone should have said in an alternative lifetime
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The evolution of the...
so these days a grave that's my grandmother's would usually be inscribed by sandblasting the text onto the stone through a rubberized laser-cut stencil
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Martin Rees
British Scientist
The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are surely among science's great 'open frontiers.' These are parts of the intellectual map where we're still groping for the truth - where, in the fashion of ancient cartographers, we must still inscribe 'here be dragons.
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Deborah Harkness
American Novelist
The occult sciences were simply ancient technologies for making the occult or unseen manifest in the world - whether that was the influence of the stars and planets, the mysterious meanings of lines inscribed in your palm, or forms of action at a distance like magic and spells.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
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Thomas Day
British Author
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
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Louis Oosthuizen
South African Athlete
I usually have a few coins in my pocket when I'm playing, but the one I use to mark my ball on the green is a special silver coin that my wife designed for me. It has our wedding date inscribed on it.
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Tadao Ando
Japanese Architect
The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish Director
Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in the spectator's memory.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Martin Rees
British Scientist
The bedrock nature of space and time and the unification of cosmos and quantum are surely among science's great 'open frontiers.' These are parts of the intellectual map where we're still groping for the truth - where, in the fashion of ancient cartographers, we must still inscribe 'here be dragons.
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Deborah Harkness
American Novelist
The occult sciences were simply ancient technologies for making the occult or unseen manifest in the world - whether that was the influence of the stars and planets, the mysterious meanings of lines inscribed in your palm, or forms of action at a distance like magic and spells.
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Karl Marx
German Philosopher
In a higher phase of communist society... only then can the narrow horizon of bourgeois right be fully left behind and society inscribe on its banners: from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Roman Statesman
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
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Thomas Day
British Author
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
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Louis Oosthuizen
South African Athlete
I usually have a few coins in my pocket when I'm playing, but the one I use to mark my ball on the green is a special silver coin that my wife designed for me. It has our wedding date inscribed on it.
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Tadao Ando
Japanese Architect
The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish Director
Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in the spectator's memory.
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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.
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Sophocles
Greek Poet
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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