In*scribe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inscribed (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Inscribing.]
[L. inscribere. See 1st In-, and Scribe.]
1. To write
or engrave; to mark down
as something to be read; to imprint.
Inscribe a verse on this relenting stone.
Pope. 2. To mark with
letters, characters, or words.
O let thy once lov'd
friend inscribe thy stone.
Pope. 3. To assign or
address to; to commend to
by a short address; to dedicate informally; as, to inscribe an ode to a friend. Dryden.
4.
To imprint deeply; to impress; to stamp; as, to
inscribe a sentence on the memory.
5. (Geom.) To draw within so as to meet yet not
cut the boundaries.
&fist; A line is inscribed in a circle, or in a sphere, when its two ends are in the circumference of the circle, or in the surface of the sphere. A
triangle is inscribed
in another triangle, when the three angles of the
former are severally on the three sides of the latter. A circle is inscribed in a polygon,
when it touches each side of
the polygon. A sphere is inscribed in a
polyhedron, when the sphere touches each boundary plane of the
polyhedron. The latter figure in each case
is circumscribed about the former.
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