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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈskɹaɪb/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inscribe.wav Forms: inscribes [present, singular, third-person], inscribing [participle, present], inscribed [participle, past], inscribed [past]
Rhymes: -aɪb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnscrībō, from in- (“upon”) and scrībō (“to write”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kreybʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|īnscrībō}} Latin īnscrībō Head templates: {{en-verb}} inscribe (third-person singular simple present inscribes, present participle inscribing, simple past and past participle inscribed)
  1. (transitive) To write or cut (words) onto (something, especially a hard surface, or a book to be given to another person); to engrave. Tags: transitive Translations (to write or cut words onto something): надписвам (nadpisvam) (Bulgarian), inscriure (Catalan), vepsat [perfective] (Czech), kaivertaa (Finnish), graver (French), beschriften (German), επιγράφω (epigráfo) (Greek), 𐰋𐰃𐱅𐰃 (biti-) (Old Turkic), قازمق (kazmak) (Ottoman Turkish), یازمق (yazmak) (Ottoman Turkish), inscripționa (Romanian), înscrie (Romanian), grava (Romanian), начертать (načertatʹ) (Russian), inscribir (Spanish), yazmak (Turkish), kazımak (Turkish), kakmak (Turkish), llythrennu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-inscribe-en-verb-bnlozYSP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Old Turkic translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 7 19 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 14 21 15 Disambiguation of Old Turkic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 77 4 9 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 47 17 12 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 16 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 61 14 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 51 16 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 18 16 23 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 51 16 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 11 26 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Old Turkic translations: 85 4 5 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 42 16 14 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 51 16 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 52 14 14 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 53 14 15 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 51 15 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 47 17 14 23 Disambiguation of 'to write or cut words onto something': 85 2 3 9
  2. (transitive) To dedicate to someone. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-inscribe-en-verb-4~cI0vE5 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 11 26 31
  3. (transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-inscribe-en-verb-7KaKcuy7 Categories (other): Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 11 26 31
  4. (geometry) To draw a circle, sphere, etc. inside a polygon, polyhedron, etc. and tangent to all its sides. Translations (to draw a circle, sphere): вписвам (vpisvam) (Bulgarian), inscriure (Catalan), vepsat (Czech), εγγράφω (engráfo) (Greek), înscrie (Romanian), впи́сывать (vpísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вписа́ть (vpisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-inscribe-en-verb-U-hTdJAj Categories (other): Geometry, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 33 11 26 31 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'to draw a circle, sphere': 6 2 4 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enwrite, inwrite Related terms: inscription, circumscribe

Verb [Latin]

Forms: īnscrībe [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=īnscrībe}} īnscrībe
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnscrībō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: īnscrībō
    Sense id: en-inscribe-la-verb-jjY8OjGx Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} inscribe
  1. inflection of inscribir:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: inscribir
    Sense id: en-inscribe-es-verb-SuLE9KgR Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 3 6 3 28 37 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 2 4 2 21 48 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. inflection of inscribir:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: inscribir
    Sense id: en-inscribe-es-verb-5vqndjwS

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "To dedicate to someone."
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        "(transitive) To dedicate to someone."
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        "To enter on a document or list; to enroll."
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        "(transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll."
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        "(transitive) To enter on a document or list; to enroll."
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
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      "word": "inscripționa"
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
      "word": "grava"
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      "roman": "načertatʹ",
      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
      "word": "начертать"
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
      "word": "inscribir"
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
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      "sense": "to write or cut words onto something",
      "word": "llythrennu"
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      "sense": "to draw a circle, sphere",
      "word": "вписвам"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "to draw a circle, sphere",
      "word": "εγγράφω"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to draw a circle, sphere",
      "word": "înscrie"
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      "word": "впи́сывать"
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