INSCRI'BE, L. 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.